emerge

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To come out into view, especially from a hidden or enclosed place

   A fox emerged from behind the bushes.

2. 2
   verb

   To become known or come to be understood

   Gradually the truth about the scandal emerged.

3. 3
   verb

   To come through a difficult situation

   He emerged unscathed from the accident.

4. 4
   verb

   To appear or develop as a result of something

   Several interesting findings emerged from the study.

Simplified etymology

Emerge, recorded from the late 16th century, comes from the Latin root mergere, “to dip” or “plunge.” It shares this source with merge.

First attested in the late 16th century. Borrowed from Middle French emerger, from Latin ēmergō (“to rise up or out”), from ē- (a variant of ex- (“out, forth”)) + mergō (“to dip, to sink”)

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