Proto-Indo-European

*mesg-

‘to dip, sink’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *mesg-.

10 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *mesg-, most familiar first.

• emergency ← emergentia ← emergens ← emergo ← mergō
• emerge ← emerger ← ēmergō ← mergō ← *mezgō
• merge ← mergō ← *mezgō ← *mésgeti
• mascot ← mascotte ← mascòta ← masca ← masca
• immersion ← immersio ← immergō ← mergō ← *mezgō
• emergent ← ēmergēns ← ēmergō ← mergō ← *mezgō
• immerse ← immersus ← immergō ← mergō ← *mezgō
• demersal ← demersus ← dēmergō ← mergō ← *mezgō
• demerge ← demergo ← mergō ← *mezgō ← *mésgeti
• immerge ← immergō ← mergō ← *mezgō ← *mésgeti

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mesg-