Etymograph

English

demerge

From de- + merge.

A compound of de- + merge

Latin dē ‘of; from’

English de-

Proto-Indo-European *mesg- ‘to plunge, dip’

Proto-Indo-European *mésgeti ‘to sink’

Proto-Italic *mezgō

Latin mergō ‘to dip’

English merge

Today it means

verb To separate companies that were formerly combined; to reverse a merger.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “demerge”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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