Where does “mergere” come from?

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

mergere (Italian): to immerse

Definitions

  1. to immerse

Ancestry of “mergere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmergōto dip (in), immerse; plunge into water; drown
2Proto-Indo-European*mésgetito sink
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmesg-to dip, sink

Words derived from “mergere”

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