Where does “emergente” come from?

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

emergente (Portuguese): upstart; nouveau riche

Definitions

  1. upstart; nouveau riche

Ancestry of “emergente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinemergensemerging
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- →