Where does “imersão” come from?
imersão (Portuguese) comes from Late Latin immersio, from Latin immergo, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
imersão (Portuguese): immersion
Ancestry of “imersão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Late Latin | immersio | dipping; immersion |
| 2 | Latin | immergo | I immerse; I plunge into |
| 3 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 4 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |