Merge

Merge

Verb / Noun · /mɜːdʒ/

Definition

To combine or cause to combine into a single entity, losing separate identities in the process; in computing, to integrate two branches of code into one; as a noun, the act or result of merging.

Origin

From Latin mergere — to dip, plunge, or immerse. It entered English in the 17th century through legal usage, where one estate or right could be absorbed (merged) into another. The computing sense emerged in the 20th century.