Where does “eminence” come from?
eminence (Old French) comes from Latin eminentia, from Latin eminens, from Latin ēmineō, from Latin ē-, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.
Ancestry of “eminence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | eminentia | prominence, protuberance; eminence, excellence;... |
| 2 | Latin | eminens | eminent, distinguished, notable; lofty, towering;... |
| 3 | Latin | ēmineō | — |
| 4 | Latin | ē- | — |
| 5 | Latin | ēx- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | eǵ- | — |
Words derived from “eminence”