Etymograph

English

emerge

Emerge comes from Middle French emerger ‘to emerge’, from Latin ēmergō ‘to rise up or out’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mesg- ‘to plunge, dip’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mesg-‘to plunge, dip’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mésgeti‘to sink’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mezgōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmergō‘to dip, to sink’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmergō‘to rise up or out’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600emerger‘to emerge’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1918emerge

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mesg-‘to plunge, dip’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mésgeti‘to sink’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mezgōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmergō‘to dip, to sink’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmergō‘to rise up or out’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600emerger‘to emerge’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1918emerge

Earliest quotation: 1918, William Babington Maxwell, Indianapolis: “There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of…”

first attested First attested in the late 16th century (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in the late 16th century.

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *mesg- ‘to plunge, dip’

mascot, 6 more

through Latin mergō ‘to dip, to sink’

immersion, immerse, 6 more

Today it means

verb To come into view.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mesg- / emerge

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