Etymograph

English

emerger

From emerge + -er.

A compound of emerge + -er

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

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Proto-Italic *mezgō

Latin mergō ‘to dip, to sink’

Latin ēmergō ‘to rise up or out’

Middle French emerger ‘to emerge’

English emerge

Today it means

noun The form of an aquatic insect that is hatching or emerging; used in fly fishing.

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

Etymograph / emerger