Test Prep Vocabulary – Word Origins – peregrinus

Today’s Latin Original:  peregrinus – foreigner Do you know what peregrinus means? Word Building: peregre – from abroad per – beyond + ager (agri) – country. Tricky Notes About Word Origins Change of first r in the Latin word to l in Romance languages. Have You Figured out the Word? Note how peregrines becomes pelegrines, meaning “foreigner” to finally morph into today’s English word, “pilgrim.” To …

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