Where does “preemergence” come from?
preemergence (English) comes from English emergence, from French émergence, from French émergent, from Latin emergens, from Latin emergo, from Latin mergō, from Proto-Indo-European *mésgeti, from Proto-Indo-European mesg- — to dip, sink.
preemergence (English): Before the emergence of the plants being targeted
Definitions
- Before the emergence of the plants being targeted
Ancestry of “preemergence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | emergence | The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth... |
| 2 | French | émergence | emergence |
| 3 | French | émergent | emerging; third-person plural present indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | emergens | emerging |
| 5 | Latin | emergo | I emerge; I surface; I arise or come forth |
| 6 | Latin | mergō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *mésgeti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mesg- | to dip, sink |