English
summity
Summity comes from Latin summitas ‘the highest part of something’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*upó‘up; from below’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)úp-m̥mo-ssreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*supemosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsummus‘highest’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsummitas‘the highest part of something’
- Englishtodaysummity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*upó‘up; from below’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)úp-m̥mo-ssreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*supemosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsummus‘highest’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsummitas‘the highest part of something’
- Englishtodaysummity
Formed from sum + -ity
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
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Latin summus ‘highest’
Latin summa ‘highest point’
Old French summe
Middle English summe
English sum
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up’
up, above, upper, suggest, sub, suspicion, upward, oft, hypo, subaltern, 8 more
through Latin summus ‘highest’
Today it means
noun The height or top of anything.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *upó / summity