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Where does “northwestmost” come from?

northwestmost (English) comes from English northwest, from English west, from Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic westrą, from Proto-Germanic westraz, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros.

northwestmost (English): Alternative spelling of northwesternmost

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of northwesternmost

Ancestry of “northwestmost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnorthwestThe compass point halfway between north and west,...
2EnglishwestOne of the four principal compass points,...
3Middle Englishwestwest; A location to the south; the south; The...
4Old Englishwestwest
5Proto-West Germanic*westr—
6Proto-Germanicwestrąwest; west, westward
7Proto-Germanicwestrazwest, western
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European we- →