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Where does “northeasternmost” come from?

northeasternmost (English) comes from English northeastern, from English North, from French Nord, from Middle French nord, from Old French nort, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic nurþrą, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz.

northeasternmost (English): Farthest northeast

Definitions

  1. Farthest northeast

Ancestry of “northeasternmost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnortheasternOf, related to, located in, or from the northeast
2EnglishNorth—
3FrenchNord—
4Middle Frenchnord—
5Old Frenchnortnorth
6Old Englishnorþnorth
7Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
8Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
9Proto-Indo-European*nér—
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