Where does “immerse” come from?

Immerse comes from Latin immersus, the past participle of immergo meaning to plunge in, from in- and mergo, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European h₁én meaning in.

immerse (English): To place within a fluid; To involve or engage...

Definitions

  1. To place within a fluid; To involve or engage...

Ancestry of “immerse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimmersusimmersed
2Latinimmergōto immerse, plunge into
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “immerse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →