paramount英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A chief or superior; (specifically, chiefly South Africa) an African chief having the highest status in a region; a paramount chief.
A supreme ruler; an overlord; (specifically, historical) in the feudal system, a landowner who did not derive ownership of the land from anyone else, and who was able to grant fees to others; a lord paramount. obsolete

形容词 adj.

Highest, supreme; also, chief, leading, pre-eminent. not-comparable,often,postpositional

— […]a Traitor Paramount;
Of the highest importance. not-comparable

— Getting those credit cards paid off is paramount.
Of a law, right, etc.: having precedence over or superior to another. not-comparable,obsolete

词形变化

paramounts plural

词汇关系

衍生词

lady paramount lord paramount paramount chief paramountcy paramountly paramountness paramountship paramount title title paramount

词源

词源 1

PIE word
*h₂éd
From Anglo-Norman paramont /paramount (“paramount, pre-eminent; above”), from Old French par /per (“by”) + amont /amunt (“upward”). Par is derived from Latin per (“by means of, through”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through; to carry forth, fare”); amont and amunt are from Latin ad montem (“to the mountain; upward”), from ad (“up to”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“at; to”)) + montem (the accusative singular of mōns (“mount, mountain”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out, tower”)).

词源 2

PIE word
*h₂éd
From Anglo-Norman paramont /paramount (“paramount, pre-eminent; above”), from Old French par /per (“by”) + amont /amunt (“upward”). Par is derived from Latin per (“by means of, through”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through; to carry forth, fare”); amont and amunt are from Latin ad montem (“to the mountain; upward”), from ad (“up to”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“at; to”)) + montem (the accusative singular of mōns (“mount, mountain”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out, tower”)).