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
- To place within a fluid; To involve or engage...
Ancestry of “immerse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | immersus | immersed |
| 2 | Latin | immergō | — |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “immerse”