LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

peregrē̆

peregrē̆ (not comparable)
Classical[ˈpɛ.rɛ.ɡreː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɛː.re.ɡre]

Meaning

  1. not comparableabroad; to, from abroad
  2. Late Latinnot comparable(augmented by various prepositions)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

peregre proficisci
to go abroad.
peregrinari, peregre esse
to be travelling abroad.

pĕrĕgrē, adv., v. pereger
I. fin.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Italic*per
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵros
  5. Proto-Italic*agros
  6. Proto-Italic*pereagro
  7. Latinperegrē̆

From Proto-Italic *pereagro (“that is beyond the surrounding land”). By surface analysis, per + ager. The primacy of the ending and quality of its vowel is uncertain due to the general confusion between these two endings (cf. herĕ~herī̆, rūrĕ~rūrī). Although in the three examples of graphic e in (Late Latin) poetry it must be scanned as long, no Classical verse requires it and the short ĕ is testified to by Priscian. Also pointing to a short vowel is the Late Latin 3d. declension adjective pereger, of whose n.sg. the present word was evidently felt to be an adverbial use.

In English words that came into English from peregrē̆

  • pilgrimperegrīnus
  • peregrineperegrīnus

Quick answers

What does peregrē̆ mean in Latin?
peregrē̆, a adverb, means “abroad; to, from abroad”.
How do you pronounce peregrē̆?
In classical Latin, [ˈpɛ.rɛ.ɡreː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpɛː.re.ɡre].
Where does peregrē̆ come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per- → Proto-Italic *per → Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? → Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros → Proto-Italic *agros → Proto-Italic *pereagro → Latin peregrē̆.