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Where does “culminant” come from?

culminant (English) comes from French culminant — highest; present participle of culminer.

culminant (English): being vertical, or at the highest point of...

Definitions

  1. being vertical, or at the highest point of...

Ancestry of “culminant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchculminanthighest; present participle of culminer
Every word from French culminant →