emergent
adjective /ɪˈmɜːdʒənt/
/ɪˈmɜːrdʒənt/
[usually before noun]- new and still developing
- emergent nations/states
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘occurring unexpectedly’): from Latin emergent- ‘arising from’, from the verb emergere ‘arise, bring to light’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out, forth’ + mergere ‘to dip’.