Etymology

submerge

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Today it means: To sink out of sight. Full definition →

Latin submergere
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromsubmergere
  2. English todaysubmerge

Borrowed from Latin submergere, from sub (“under”) + mergere (“to plunge”). By surface analysis, sub- + merge.

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