English
hindforemost
From hind + foremost.
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-ta- ‘down, below, with, far, along, against’
Old English hindan ‘at the rear, from behind’
Middle English hinde
English hind
Proto-Indo-European *pr-
Proto-Germanic *frumistaz ‘foremost, first’
Old English formest ‘earliest, first, most prominent’
English foremost
Today it means
adv With the hind part first or in front.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hindforemost