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imminence (n.)

c. 1600, from Late Latin imminentia, from Latin imminentem (nominative imminens) "overhanging; impending," present participle of imminere "to overhang, lean towards," hence "be near to," also "threaten, menace, impend, be at hand, be about to happen," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (from PIE root *en "in") + -minere "jut out," which is related to mons "hill" (from PIE root *men- (2) "to project"). 

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Definitions of imminence from WordNet

imminence (n.)
the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon;
Synonyms: imminency / imminentness / impendence / impendency / forthcomingness
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