Where does “allermeest” come from?
allermeest (Dutch) comes from Dutch meest, from Middle Dutch meest, from Old Dutch mēsto, from Proto-West Germanic *maist, from Proto-Germanic maist — most, to the greatest degree.
allermeest (Dutch): most of all
Definitions
- most of all
Ancestry of “allermeest”, step by step
allermeest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch meest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | meest | most; superlative degree of veel |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | meest | greatest, largest; most prominent; most frequent,... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | mēsto | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *maist | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | maist | most, to the greatest degree |
via Dutch aller
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | aller | of all; genitive of al |