Etymology

demerge

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Today it means: To separate companies that were formerly combined; to reverse a merger. Full definition →

English merge ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē
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demerge · verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishmerge
  8. English todaydemerge

From de- + merge.

demerge · verb2

  1. Latin · derived fromdemergo“to submerge”
  2. English todaydemerge

Latin demergo (“to submerge”).

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