The story
- Latin · borrowed fromsummā cum laude“with the greatest praise”
- English todaysumma cum laude
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
summa cum laude
Today it means: With highest (of three degrees of) praise; as noted, as an honor, on diplomas and degrees for work that is considered to be of the highest quality. Full definition →
Latin summā cum laude