Etymograph

English

immerse

Immerse comes from Latin immersus ‘immersed’, from Proto-Indo-European *mésgeti ‘to sink’, and ultimately from *mesg-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mesg-‘to dip, sink’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
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimmergō‘to immerse, plunge into’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimmersus‘immersed’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1627immerse

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mesg-‘to dip, sink’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
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimmergō‘to immerse, plunge into’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimmersus‘immersed’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1627immerse

Earliest quotation: 1627, (please specify the page, or |century=I to X): “After a long enquiry of things immerse in matter,…”

Linked words

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

mascot, 4 more

through Proto-Italic *mezgō

emergent, 4 more

through Latin mergō

emergency, emerge, merge, 5 more

Today it means

verb To place within a fluid (generally a liquid, but also a gas).

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

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

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