Where does “emergency” come from?

Emergency derives from Medieval Latin emergentia, from Latin emergens, the present participle of emergere, meaning to rise out or come forth, from ex- and a root meaning to rise.

emergency (English): A situation which poses an immediate risk and...

Definitions

  1. A situation which poses an immediate risk and...

Ancestry of “emergency”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinemergensemerging
2LatinemergoI emerge; I surface; I arise or come forth
3Latinmergōto dip (in), immerse; plunge into water; drown
4Proto-Indo-European*mésgetito sink
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmesg-to dip, sink

Words derived from “emergency”

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