summit

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The highest point of a mountain or hill.

   I felt exhausted when I finally reached the summit.

2. 2
   noun

   An important meeting between the leaders of different countries.

   They could not agree on a climate policy at the last summit.

3. 3
   verb

   To reach the top of a mountain.

   The climbers summited just before sunrise.

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…

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