Etymology

endmost

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Today it means: last in a series, furthest away Full definition →

Middle English [Term?]influ. ← English end ← Old English ende
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂entíos
  3. Proto-Germanic*andijaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*andī
  5. Old Englishende
  6. Middle Englishende
  7. Englishend
  8. Middle English[Term?]influ.
  9. English todayendmost

From end + -most.

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