Where does “unmerge” come from?
unmerge (English) comes from English merge, from Latin mergō, from Proto-Indo-European *mésgeti, from Proto-Indo-European mesg- — to dip, sink.
unmerge (English): To separate ; to demerge
Ancestry of “unmerge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | merge | To combine into a whole; To blend gradually into... |
| 2 | Latin | mergō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *mésgeti | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mesg- | to dip, sink |