Where does “eminent” come from?

eminent (Catalan) comes from Latin eminens, from Latin ēmineō, from Latin ē-, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

eminent (Catalan): eminent

Definitions

  1. eminent

Ancestry of “eminent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latineminenseminent, distinguished, notable; lofty, towering;...
2Latinēmineōto stand out, project, protrude
3Latinē-—
4Latinēx-out, away
5Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—

Words derived from “eminent”

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