Etymology

prominence

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Today it means: The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent. Full definition →

French prominence ← Latin prominentia
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  1. Latin · derived fromprominentia
  2. French · derived fromprominence
  3. English todayprominence

From obsolete French prominence (compare proéminence), from Latin prominentia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.