emergent
/ɪˈmɜːdʒənt/ih-MUR-juhnt
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ɪˈmɝdʒənt/ih-MUR-juhnt
Meaningemerging
Common meaning: coming into being
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- eout
- mergto dip under, sinkLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1136 · scan
- entadjective ending: being or doing
‘out’ + ‘to dip under, sink’ → emergent
Journey through time
- Latinemergere‘to rise out’source
- Englishemerge‘to come out into view’
- Englishformed in English from emergeemergent‘coming into being’ · 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
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from emerge + -ent.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EMERGE, p.189 · scan
Roots
- mergō, mersī, mersum Latin “to dip under, sink”
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