Where does “emerge” come from?

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

emerge (Romanian): to emerge

Definitions

  1. to emerge

Ancestry of “emerge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchémergerto arrive at the top; to move upwards; emerge; to...
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- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European *mésgeti →Every word from Latin mergō →