Where does “emergence” come from?

Emergence comes from French émergence, derived from Latin emergentia, the noun form of emergere meaning "to bring forth or rise up."

emergence (English): The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth...

Definitions

  1. The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth...

Ancestry of “emergence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchémergenceemergence
2Frenchémergentemerging; third-person plural present indicative...
3Latinemergensemerging
4LatinemergoI emerge; I surface; I arise or come forth
5Latinmergōto dip (in), immerse; plunge into water; drown
6Proto-Indo-European*mésgetito sink
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmesg-to dip, sink

Words derived from “emergence”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mesg- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European *mésgeti →Every word from Latin mergō →