submergence
/səbˈmɜːdʒəns/suhb-MUR-juhns
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/səbˈmɝdʒəns/suhb-MUR-juhns
Meaningthe act of submerging
Common meaning: a sinking under water
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- subunder; from below
- mergto dip under, sinkLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1136 · scan
- encenoun ending: doing, or the condition that results
‘under’ + ‘to dip under, sink’ → submergence
Journey through time
- Latinmergō, mersī, mersum‘to dip under, sink’
- Frenchsubmersion
- Englishsubmerge‘to sink or plunge beneath water’
- Englishformed in English from submergesubmergence‘a sinking under water’ · 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 submerge + -ence.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SUBMERGE, p.606 · scan
Roots
- mergō, mersī, mersum Latin “to dip under, sink”
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