We’ve been witnessing quite a lot of summitry lately. President Donald Trump departed early from the Group of Seven industrialized nation summit in Canada so that he could jet off to his historic summit in Singapore with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. But where did we get the idea that when heads of state or other top officials convene for diplomatic talks, it gets called a “summit”? It turns out that we can thank Winston Churchill, with an assist from mountaineer Edmund Hillary.

Source: Wall Street Journal June 15, 2018 15:33 UTC