Where does “mergo” come from?

mergo (Medieval Latin) comes from Latin mergus, from Latin mergō, from Proto-Indo-European *mésgeti, from Proto-Indo-European mesg- — to dip, sink.

mergo (Medieval Latin): I dip , immerse; plunge into water; overwhelm,...

Definitions

  1. I dip , immerse; plunge into water; overwhelm,...

Ancestry of “mergo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmergusdiver (loon), a kind of waterfowl
2Latinmergōto dip (in), immerse; plunge into water; drown
3Proto-Indo-European*mésgetito sink
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmesg-to dip, sink

Words derived from “mergo

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