emerged

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
emerge /ɪˈməːdʒ/

▶verb

• 1 move out of something and become visible.

  ■ (of an insect) break out from an egg, cocoon, or pupal case.

• 2 come into existence or greater prominence.

  ■ (of facts) become known.

• 3 recover from or survive a difficult period.

– derivatives
emerging adjective.

– origin C16: from L. emergere, from e- ‘out, forth’ + mergere ‘to dip’.