Etymology

cacuminous

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Today it means: Having a pyramidal top. Full definition →

Latin cacūmen, cacūminis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcacūmen, cacūminis“extremity, point, peak”
  2. English todaycacuminous

From oblique stem of Latin cacūmen, cacūminis (“extremity, point, peak”) + -ous.

Words from the same roots

Latincacūmen all →

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