Where does “furthest” come from?
Furthest comes from English far, from Latin far, from Proto-Indo-European bʰars-, ultimately traced to the Proto-Indo-European root per-.
furthest (English): superlative form of far: most far
Definitions
- superlative form of far: most far
Ancestry of “furthest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | far | Distant; remote in space; Remote in time; Long |
| 2 | Middle English | ferre | — |
| 3 | Old English | feor | Alternative form of feorr; far |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ferrai | far, distant |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per-nóy | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |