English
hindermost
Hindermost comes from Middle English hintirmest.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hintirmest
- Englishearliest quotation 1611hindermost
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hintirmest
- Englishearliest quotation 1611hindermost
Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “Rachel and Joseph hindermost.”
Formed from hinder + -most
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’
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Proto-Germanic *hinder ‘back’
Proto-Germanic *hindrōną ‘to hinder’
Old English hindrian ‘to hinder, obstruct, repress, impede’
Middle English hindren
English hinder
Every English word from Middle English hintirmest
Today it means
adj hindmost
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English hintirmest / hindermost