"-most" meaning in English

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Suffix

Etymology: From Middle English -most, -moste, -mest, from Old English -mest, conflated with most; from Proto-Germanic *-umistaz, from the comparative suffix *-umô + the regular superlative suffix *-istaz (English -est); *-umô in turn is from Proto-Indo-European *-mHo-. See foremost for more. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-most}} Middle English -most, {{m|enm|-moste}} -moste, {{m|enm|-mest}} -mest, {{inh|en|ang|-mest}} Old English -mest, {{m|en|most}} most, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*-umistaz}} Proto-Germanic *-umistaz, {{m|gem-pro|*-umô}} *-umô, {{m|gem-pro|*-istaz}} *-istaz, {{m|en|-est}} -est, {{m|gem-pro|*-umô}} *-umô, {{der|en|ine-pro|*-mHo-}} Proto-Indo-European *-mHo-, {{m|en|foremost}} foremost Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -most, {{en-suffix}} -most
  1. Furthest; -est; used to form superlatives of certain adjectives, especially directional and inherently-comparative ones. Tags: morpheme Derived forms: eldermost, nearmost, secondmost (english: variant of second most) Coordinate_terms: -more
    Sense id: en--most-en-suffix-7a68ihul

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