Translation
eminent, distinguished
Word origin
From Latin eminens, the present participle of eminere ('to stand out, to project'), built from e- ('out') and a root meaning 'to jut' that also gives mons, a mountain. An eminent person literally sticks out of the crowd.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- eminere
- English cognates
- eminent, prominent, imminent
Examples
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An eminent professor spoke at the congress.
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She is a distinguished lawyer in her country.
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The eminent guest spoke about his long journey.
is a word of respect rather than of measurement: it says a person stands out above others in their field. Use it of scholars, artists, doctors and lawyers, not of tall buildings.
It looks like it might end in the Esperanto participle -ant-, and it does not. was borrowed as a single root, eminent-, plus the adjective ending -a. There is no verb i behind it. The Latin original was a participle, but that grammar stayed in Latin.
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