Where does “imegensi” come from?

imegensi (Tok Pisin) comes from English emergency, from Latin emergens, from Latin emergo, from Latin mergō, from Proto-Indo-European *mésgeti, from Proto-Indo-European mesg- — to dip, sink.

imegensi (Tok Pisin): emergency

Definitions

  1. emergency

Ancestry of “imegensi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishemergencyA situation which poses an immediate risk and...
2Latinemergensemerging
3LatinemergoI emerge; I surface; I arise or come forth
4Latinmergōto dip (in), immerse; plunge into water; drown
5Proto-Indo-European*mésgetito sink
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmesg-to dip, sink
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mesg- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European *mésgeti →Every word from Latin mergō →
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