English

alderleast

From alder- + least.

Proto-Germanic *allaz ‘all’

Proto-West Germanic *all

Old English eall ‘all’

Old English ealra ‘strong/weak genitive…’

Proto-Germanic *laisistaz ‘smallest, least’

Old English lǣst ‘least’

Middle English leste ‘smallest, least’

English least

Today it means

adj Least of all.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / alderleast