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eminent

/ˈemənənt/EH-muh-nuhnt
/ˈɛmənənt/EH-muh-nuhnt

Meaningjutting out

Common meaning: famous and respected

‘out’ + ‘to jut out’ → eminent

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√MAN‘project’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 261, p. 739 · scan
  2. Latinmineō; minae‘to jut out’
  3. Englisheminent‘famous and respected’ · today

e- also in: emitejecteraseerecterode

min also in: menaceimminentprominent

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin mineō; minae ‘to jut out; threats’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry mineō, p. 1145 · dictionary scan

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Related words

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