## Examples
- She is a prominent member of the scientific community.
- Place the warning sign in a prominent position.
- He had a prominent nose and a strong chin.

## Derived Forms
- improminent
- overprominent
- prominently
- ultra-prominent

## Related Forms
- eminent
- imminent
- prominence

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *per-
- Root: prominent
- Root: prōminēns

## Etymology
From obsolete French prominent (compare proéminent), from Latin prōminēns, present active participle of prōmineō (“jut out, to project”), from prō (“before, forward”) + mineō (in compounds, “jut, project”).

## AI Etymology
Prominent comes from obsolete French prominent (compare proéminent), from Latin prōminēns, present active participle of prōmineō (“jut out, to project”), from prō (“before, forward”) + mineō (in compounds, “jut, project”). In present-day English it covers important and well known, easily noticed because of size or position, and sticking out from a surface. The wider family includes derived forms such as improminent, overprominent, prominently, ultra-prominent and related forms such as eminent, imminent, prominence.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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