emerge
/ɪˈmɜːdʒ/ih-MURJ
/ɪˈmɝdʒ/ih-MURJ
Meaningto dip out, rise out
Common meaning: to come out into view
- eout
- mergeto dip under, sinkLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1136 · scan
‘out’ + ‘to dip under, sink’ → emerge
Journey through time
- Latinemergere‘to rise out’source
- Englishemerge‘to come out into view’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin mergō ‘to dip under, sink’.
Roots
- mergō, mersī, mersum Latin “to dip under, sink”
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