Where does “merge” come from?

merge (Latin) comes from Latin mergo, from Proto-Indo-European mesg- — to dip, sink.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “merge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmergoto dip (in), immerse; plunge into water; drown
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmesg-to dip, sink
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mesg- →Every word from Latin mergo →