immergo Latin · revision 8378

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la mergō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪmˈmɛr.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [imˈmɛr.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''immergō''' (present infinitive immergere, perfect active immersī, supine immersum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''inmergō'', and Plautus has ''immersti'' for ''immersisti''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[in-]] “into” and [[mergō]] “to dip, plunge”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of plunging into a situation.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Plautus it meant, reflexively, to plunge into a place or activity.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to dip or plunge into a liquid, immerse, sink, and in Ovid to bury in other things.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to dip into, immerse, plunge, merge.^(Stelten 1995) It was borrowed into French ''immerger'' and [[en|immerge]] in the 1620s, and its participle ''immersus'' gave [[en|immerse]] in the early 15th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of plunging into a situation.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of immersing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''immerse'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To dip, plunge, [[m|en|immerse]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To bury, sink (in).^(OLD 2012)

+ # Reflexively, to plunge (into an activity).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[immersiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mergō]]

+ * [[ēmergō]]

+ * [[en|immerse]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}