Emerge

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɜːd͡ʒ/

Definitions

1. To come into view or existence from a hidden, enclosed, or obscured place
2. To come out from concealment or obscurity into sight or notice
3. To become apparent or known after being concealed or not immediately visible

Etymology: The most striking thing about "emerge" is that its core idea is the reverse of what it sounds like: the Latin root "mergere" means "to dip" or "to sink." Latin "ēmergere" took that sinking motion and turned it around, so to emerge was to rise up or out, like a swimmer surfacing from the water. The prefix "ē-" is a variant of "ex-", meaning "out" or "forth," so the word literally describes coming up out of something that had been covering or submerging it. English borrowed the verb in the late 16th century, through Middle French "emerger." It arrived with its physical sense intact: something rising from water or from concealment. Its sense of coming into view, the meaning it carries today, grew naturally out of that image of a thing breaking through the surface.

Synonyms: appear, surface, materialize, come out, rise

Antonyms: submerge, disappear, vanish, sink, dissolve