- imminent
[imminent 词源字典]
- imminent: see prominent
[imminent etymology, imminent origin, 英语词源] - imminent (adj.)
- 1520s, from Middle French imminent (14c.) and directly from Latin imminentem (nominative imminens), present participle of imminere "to overhang; impend, be near, be at hand," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + minere "jut out," related to mons "hill" (see mount (n.)). Related: Imminently.