Where does “émergence” come from?

émergence (French) comes 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.

émergence (French): emergence

Definitions

  1. emergence

Ancestry of “émergence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchémergentemerging; third-person plural present indicative...
2Latinemergensemerging
3LatinemergoI emerge; I surface; I arise or come forth
4Latinmergōto dip (in), immerse; plunge into water; drown
5Proto-Indo-European*mésgetito sink
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmesg-to dip, sink

Words derived from “émergence”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mesg- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European *mésgeti →Every word from Latin mergō →