summit的词源

英文词源

summit

summit: see sum

summit (n.)

c. 1400, "highest point, peak," from Middle French somete, from Old French somete "summit, top," diminutive of som, sum "highest part, top of a hill," from Latin summum, neuter of noun use of summus "highest," related to super "over" (see sum (n.)). The meaning "meeting of heads of state" (1950) is from Winston Churchill's metaphor of "a parley at the summit."

中文词源

summit：(山等的)最高点，峰顶；顶峰，极点；(首脑间)最高级会议  

词根词缀： -sum-最高,总(m双写) + -it

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：summit 词源，summit 含义。

summit：最高点；峰顶；高层会议

理解单词sum（总数）背后的逻辑对记住summit是有帮助的。罗马人在加总一串数字的时候，习惯从下往上累加，到最后得出的总和就是在最顶头了。所以sum的本义是“最高点”，和summit同源，其中sum为词根“顶点”，-it为后缀。