The story
- Old English · inherited fromūtemest
- Middle English · inherited fromuttermost
- English todayoutermost
From Middle English uttermost, uttirmest, uttermast, outemast, alteration (due to Middle English outre (“outer”)) of Old English ūtemest, ȳtemest (“outermost”), equivalent to outer + -most. Doublet of uttermost.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.