English
emergency
Emergency comes from Medieval Latin emergentia, from Latin emergens ‘emerging’, from ēmergō ‘to emerge’, from ex- + mergō ‘to dip’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mesg-‘to dip’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mésgeti‘to sink’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mezgōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmergō‘to dip’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEemergo‘to emerge’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEemergens‘emerging’present participle of emergo
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500emergentia
- Englishearliest quotation 2009emergency
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mesg-‘to dip’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mésgeti‘to sink’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mezgōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmergō‘to dip’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEemergo‘to emerge’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEemergens‘emerging’present participle of emergo
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500emergentia
- Englishearliest quotation 2009emergency
Earliest quotation: 2009, Restless Heart Syndrome: “I've got a really bad disease It's got me…”
Formed from emergent + -cy
Proto-Indo-European *mesg- ‘to dip, sink’
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Proto-Italic *mezgō
Latin mergō ‘to dip, to immerse, to plunge’
Latin ēmergō ‘to emerge’
Latin ēmergēns ‘emerging’
English emergent
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mesg- ‘to dip, sink’
through Latin mergō ‘to dip, to immerse, to plunge’
Today it means
noun A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mesg- / emergency