English

-most

/ˌməʊst/
Furthest; -est; used to form superlatives of certain adjectives, especially directional and inherently-comparative ones.

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    Origin

    From Middle English -most(e), from earlier -mest, from Old English -(e)mest, from Proto-Germanic *-umistaz, from the comparative suffix *-umô (from Proto-Indo-European *-mHo-) + the regular superlative suffix *-istaz (whence English -est). The Middle English form is due to conflation with the originally unrelated superlative most. See foremost for more.

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    • inheritedMiddle English-most
      • derivedMiddle English-mest
        • inheritedOld English-mest

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