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Definition 2024

-most

-most

See also: most, Most, móst, mōst, and mošt

English

Suffix

-most

  1. Furthest; -est; used to form superlatives of certain adjectives, especially directional and inherently-comparative ones.

Usage notes

  • No longer productive in contemporary English.

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_words_suffixed_with_-most'>English words suffixed with -most</a>

Etymology

Old English -mest, conflated with most; from Proto-Germanic superlative suffix *-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.

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