- promontory
[promontory 词源字典]
- promontory: see prominent
[promontory etymology, promontory origin, 英语词源] - promontory (n.)
- 1540s, from Middle French promontoire (15c.) and directly from Medieval Latin promontorium, altered (by influence of Latin mons "mount, hill") from Latin promunturium "mountain ridge, headland," probably related to prominere "jut out" (see prominent).