English → Latin
“emerge” in Latin
ēmergōto emerge (from the water); to surface; to arise or come forthexsistōto be, exist; to appear, arise, emerge; to becomeundawave; a throng, multitude; water(s)profundusdeep, profound; intense, extreme, profound; immoderate; boundless, vast; bottomless
The English word emerge itself goes back to Latin mergō, through ēmergō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
emerge
emergere se or emergi; also emergere, intransitively, ; ex loco (emergere also of stars; opposed to occidere): to emerge from the water, e flumine (undis, etc.) emergi (flumine emersus, and ex flumine emersit, both Cic.; profunda, emersus palude, Liv.).
IMPROPR., emergi or se emergere: exsistere (stand forth; especially of eminent men): to emerge from darkness into light (come forth publicly), procedere in solem ex umbraculis: to emerge from misfortune, emergere se ex malis (Ter., Nep.); from slavery, e servitutis fluctibus emergere (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for emerge?
- The usual Latin words for “emerge” are ēmergō, exsistō, unda; also profundus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.