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Emerge

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to come out from being hidden, submerged, or previously unknown
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Stage 1 of 3
mergere
Latin · ancient
"to dip, to plunge"
to dip, to plunge, combined with ex- (out)
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Stage 2 of 3
emergere
Latin · ancient
"to rise out, to come forth"
to rise out, to come forth, from ex- and mergere
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Stage 3 of 3
emerge
English · 1560s
"to come out from being hidden, submerged, or unknown"
settled as the English word for coming out from being hidden or submerged
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