Etymology

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Middle English strongeste ← Old English strongesta ← Proto-Germanic *strangistô
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*strangaz“strong”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*strangistô“*stronger”
  3. Old English · inherited fromstrongesta
  4. Middle English · inherited fromstrongeste
  5. English todaystrongest

From Middle English strongeste, strengeste (“stronger”), from Old English strongesta, strengesta (“strongest”), from Proto-Germanic *strangistô (“*stronger”), superlative of Proto-Germanic *strangaz (“strong”). More at strong.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*strangaz all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.