Where does “busiest” come from?
Busiest derives from English busy, from Middle English bisy, from Old English bisig, from Proto-Germanic -istaz, from Proto-Indo-European -istHos and -tós, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -yoss.
busiest (English): superlative form of busy: most busy;...
Definitions
- superlative form of busy: most busy;...
Ancestry of “busiest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -est | Used to form the superlative of adjectives and... |
| 2 | Middle English | -est | Used to form the second-person singular present... |
| 3 | Old English | -est | suffix forming feminine nouns, originally from... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -istaz | -est |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -istHos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yōs | Forms adjectives from roots, meaning "very" or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yoss | — |