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Where does “eminente” come from?

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

eminente (Italian): high, lofty; eminent, distinguished, outstanding,...

Definitions

  1. high, lofty; eminent, distinguished, outstanding,...

Ancestry of “eminente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latineminenseminent, distinguished, notable; lofty, towering;...
2Latinēmineō—
3Latinē-—
4Latinēx-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—

Words derived from “eminente”

  • eminentissimo
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