Emerge
late 16th century (in the sense ‘become known, come to light’): from Latin emergere, from e- (variant of ex- ) ‘out, forth’ + mergere ‘to dip’.
wiktionary
[Late 16th Century] Borrowed from Middle French emerger, from Latin emergere(“to rise up or out”), from e- (a variant of ex-(“out, forth”)) + mergere(“to dip, to sink”)
etymonline
emerge (v.)
"to rise from or out of anything that surrounds, covers, or conceals; come forth; appear, as from concealment," 1560s, from French émerger and directly from Latin emergere "bring forth, bring to light," intransitively "arise out or up, come forth, come up, come out, rise," from assimilated form of ex "out" (see ex-) + mergere "to dip, sink" (see merge). The notion is of rising from a liquid by virtue of buoyancy. Related: Emerged; emerging.
