Emergence
/ɪˈmɜːr.dʒəns/noun
The act or process of coming into view, becoming known, or arising.
Did you know?Emergence comes from Latin emergere, meaning “to rise out” or “to come up,” built from e- (“out”) + mergere (“to plunge”), the same root behind “submerge” and “merge.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*merǵ-
“to dip, sink, plunge”
Latin
Latin
mergere
“to plunge, sink, dip”
Late Latin
Latin
emergere
“to rise out, come forth, appear”
Old French
Old French
emergence
“the act of coming forth or arising”
Late Middle English
English
emergence
“the process of rising into view or becoming apparent”
Modern English
English
emergence
“the act or process of becoming visible, known, or actual”