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- Latin · derived fromdemersus
- English todaydemersal
From Latin demersus, past participle of dēmergō (“to sink”); compare demersed.
Words from the same roots
Latindemersus all →
demerse
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
demersal
Today it means: That lives near the bottom of a body of water. Full definition →
Latin demersus