Where does “emerge” come from?

emerge (Italian) comes from Italian emergere, from Latin emergo, from Latin mergō, from Proto-Indo-European *mésgeti, from Proto-Indo-European mesg- — to dip, sink.

emerge (Italian): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “emerge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianemergereto emerge, come out, surface, appear
2LatinemergoI emerge; I surface; I arise or come forth
3Latinmergōto dip (in), immerse; plunge into water; drown
4Proto-Indo-European*mésgetito sink
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmesg-to dip, sink
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mesg- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European *mésgeti →Every word from Latin mergō →