formest
Old English
adj-sup
Definitions
- first
Etymology
Suffix from Proto-Germanic *fura.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*fura
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fore English
- foremost English
- foremostly English
- headforemost English
- optimum English
- sternforemost English
- optime Latin
- optimus Latin
- ottimo Italian
- optimisme Dutch, Flemish
- optime French
- optimisme French
- optimiste French
- óptimo Spanish, Castilian
- *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃ep- Proto-Indo-European
- *pr- Proto-Indo-European
- optimisme Norwegian Bokmål
- ótimo Portuguese
- *frumistaz Proto-Germanic
- *fura Proto-Germanic
- optimisme Norwegian Nynorsk
- for Old English
- òptim Catalan, Valencian
- 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- farstān Old Dutch