Where does “emerg” come from?

emerg (English) comes from English emergency, from Latin emergens, from Latin emergo, from Latin mergō, from Proto-Indo-European *mésgeti, from Proto-Indo-European mesg- — to dip, sink.

emerg (English): Abbreviation of emergency.; The emergency...

Definitions

  1. Abbreviation of emergency.; The emergency...

Ancestry of “emerg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishemergencyA situation which poses an immediate risk and...
2Latinemergensemerging
3LatinemergoI emerge; I surface; I arise or come forth
4Latinmergōto dip (in), immerse; plunge into water; drown
5Proto-Indo-European*mésgetito sink
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmesg-to dip, sink
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mesg- →