English

tailforemost

From tail + foremost.

A compound of tail + foremost

Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- ‘to tear, fray, shred’

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Proto-Germanic *taglą ‘hair, fiber’

Proto-West Germanic *tagl

Old English tæġel

Middle English tail

English tail

Proto-Indo-European *pr-

Proto-Germanic *frumistaz ‘foremost, first’

Old English formest ‘earliest, first, most prominent’

Today it means

adv With the tail first or in front.

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

Etymograph / tailforemost