Where does “eminent” come from?

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

eminent (German): eminent

Definitions

  1. eminent

Ancestry of “eminent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchéminenteminent; distinguished; noteworthy
2Latineminenseminent, distinguished, notable; lofty, towering;...
3Latinēmineōto stand out, project, protrude
4Latinē-—
5Latinēx-out, away
6Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →