endmost en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈɛndˌmoʊst/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos Proto-Germanic *andijaz Proto-West Germanic *andī Old English ende Middle English ende English end Proto-Germanic *-umô Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-Germanic *-umistaz Old English -mest Middle English -mest ▲ Middle English [Term?]influ. Middle English -most English -most English endmost From end + -most.
Meanings
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last in a series, furthest away
There was a woman sitting in the endmost chair just across the aisle in line with them.
1915, Dorothy Richardson, Pointed Roofs (Pilgrimage 1)
Translations (1)
grc πρυμνός (last in a series)