Immerse
/ɪˈmɜːrs/noun
To plunge or dip something completely into a liquid or substance.
Did you know?Immerse comes from Latin immergere, which literally means “to plunge into,” built from in- (“in”) + mergere (“to dip, sink”), the same ancient root behind words tied to submersion and sinking.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*merǵ-
“to sink, dip, or plunge”
Classical Latin
Latin
immergere
“to plunge into, dip into, sink”
Late Latin
Latin
immersus
“plunged in, dipped”
Old French
Old French
immerger
“to immerse, sink”
Middle English
English
immersen
“to plunge into a liquid”
Modern English
English
immerse
“to put completely into a liquid or medium”