English
merge
Merge comes from Latin mergō ‘to dip’, from Proto-Indo-European *mésgeti ‘to sink’, and ultimately from *mesg- ‘to plunge, dip’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mesg-‘to plunge, 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’
- Englishearliest quotation 1791merge
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mesg-‘to plunge, 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’
- Englishearliest quotation 1791merge
Earliest quotation: 1791, Edmund Burke: “to merge all natural and all social sentiment in…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mesg- ‘to plunge, dip’
through Latin mergō ‘to dip’
Today it means
verb To combine into a whole.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mesg- / merge