Etymology

backmost

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Today it means: farthest back Full definition →

Middle English [Term?]influ. ← English back ← Old English bæc
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeg-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*baką
  3. Proto-West Germanic*bak
  4. Old Englishbæc
  5. Middle Englishbak
  6. Englishback
  7. Middle English[Term?]influ.
  8. English todaybackmost

From back + -most.

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