- pinnacle
[pinnacle 词源字典]
- pinnacle: see pin
[pinnacle etymology, pinnacle origin, 英语词源] - pinnacle (n.)
- c. 1300, "mountain, peak, promontory," from Old French pinacle "top, gable" (13c.) and directly from Late Latin pinnaculum "peak, pinnacle, gable," extended form (via diminutive suffix, but not necessarily implying smallness) of Latin pinna "peak, point," (see pin (n.1)). Figurative use is attested from c. 1400.