cume
Portuguese
/ˈkumɨ/
noun
Definitions
- peak, the highest point of a mountain.
Etymology
Inherited from Latin culmen (peak, the highest point, acm, summit, apex) inherited from Proto-Italic *kolamen derived from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (rise, lift, be elevated, be prominent, jab, raise, thrust, prick).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kelH-
Gloss
rise, lift, be elevated, be prominent, jab, raise, thrust, prick
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- culmen English
- antecello Latin
- columen Latin
- columna Latin
- culmen Latin
- culminatus Latin
- culminis, culmen Latin
- culmino, culminare Latin
- excello Latin
- praecello Latin
- culminer French
- *kelH- Proto-Indo-European
- *kl̥H-ní-s Proto-Indo-European
- *kl̥Hnís Proto-Indo-European
- cumeeira Portuguese
- *hulliz Proto-Germanic
- kulminera Swedish
- cume Galician
- cumial Galician
- cumieira Galician
- cumio Galician
- culme Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- culmã Aromanian
- *kolamen Proto-Italic
- *kalei- Proto-Albanian
- *kel- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *kelti bat-pro