Immersion
/ɪˈmɜːr.ʒən/noun
The act of immersing or being immersed in a liquid, activity, or experience.
Did you know?Immersion comes from Latin immersionem, from immergere, meaning “to plunge into,” and the same root behind this word also gave English words tied to submerging, sinking, and deep insertion.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*merǵ-
“to dip, sink, or plunge”
Latin
Latin
mergō
“I dip, plunge, or sink”
Late Latin
Latin
immersiō
“a dipping in, a plunging into”
Old French
Old French
immersion
“an act of dipping or plunging into liquid”
Middle English
English
immersioun
“the act of dipping or submerging”
Modern English
English
immersion
“the state or act of being deeply involved or submerged”