Where does “emergent” come from?

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

emergent (English): Emerging; coming into view or into existence;...

Definitions

  1. Emerging; coming into view or into existence;...

Ancestry of “emergent”, 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 “emergent”

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