endmost

endmost

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English end
Proto-Germanic *-umô
Proto-Indo-European *-yōs
Proto-Indo-European *-tHós
Proto-Indo-European *-istHos
Proto-Germanic *-istaz
Proto-Germanic *-umistaz
Old English -mest
Middle English -mest
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Middle English [Term?]influ.
Middle English -most
English -most
English endmost

    From end + -most.

    Pronunciation

    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛndˌmoʊst/

    Adjective

    endmost

    1. last in a series, furthest away
      • 1915, Dorothy Richardson, Pointed Roofs (Pilgrimage 1)
        There was a woman sitting in the endmost chair just across the aisle in line with them.

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