Where does “emerge” come from?

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

emerge (Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active imperative...

Ancestry of “emerge”, step by step

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