Re: [Leica] Where do elmar, summ etc come from

[Guy Bennett <guybnt@idt.net>]

>I was wunderin
>How did Leitz come up with names for lenses originally.
>It's clear enough that the name is almost always indicative of the
>lens's max aperture but going beyond that. where does the summ and the
>elma come from. Did leitz have a daughter named Elma? I can understand
>Hektor but not much else. Who's Thambar, Thumper's little brother?
>Any ideas?
>See Ya
>Javier

javier,

i've always assumed that the summ- prefix was taken from latin, meaning,
most likely (don't know latin), the top (as in summit), and by extension,
the best, highest (quality, performance, etc), and so on. correct me, o
hidden latinates, if i am wrong.

guy