summit

summit · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*upér“over”
2. Latin · derived fromsummum“top, summit”
3. Old French · derived fromsomet
4. Middle French · derived fromsommet
5. Anglo-Norman · derived fromsumet
6. Middle English · inherited fromsomet
7. English todaysummit

PIE word *upó The noun is derived from Late Middle English somet, somete (“head, top”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman sumet and Middle French sommet (masculine), somete, sommette (“top of a thing; highest point of a mountain”) (feminine) (modern French sommet), from Old French somet, sommette, from som, sum (“highest point, summit”) + -et (suffix forming diminutive masculine nouns), -ete, -ette (suffix forming diminutive feminine nouns). Som, sum are derived from Latin summum (“top, summit”), a noun use of the neuter of summus (“greatest, highest; top, uppermost”, adjective) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“over”) + *-m̥mos, *-tm̥mos (“suffix forming superlative adjectives”)). The modern English spelling was influenced by summity (“height or top of a thing; utmost degree, perfection”) (obsolete). The verb is derived from the noun.

summit · pronoun²

A variant of summat.

Summit · proper noun³

Unknown origin for the surname. In place names, it usually represents a point of high elevation, perhaps the highest in the area.

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