eminent

Meaning

Adjective

Origin

From Middle French éminent, from Latin present participle ēminēns, ēminentis, from verb ēmineō, from ex- + mineō, related to mons (English mount). Compare with imminent. Unrelated to emanate, which is instead from mānō.

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