Etymology of the English word summit
the English word
summitderived from the Old French word
sometderived from the Old French word
sommettederived from the Old French word
somderived from the Latin word
summum (top; summit, end)
derived from the Late Latin word
summus (highest, the top of; greatest)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*uperDate
The earliest known usage of summit in English dates from the 15th century.
Derivations in English
summiteer,
summitryUsage
Word found in Modern English
