Where does “severest” come from?
Severest comes from English severe, from Latin severus, from Old French sevrer, from Latin separare meaning "to separate," derived from Latin parare meaning "to prepare."
severest (English): superlative form of severe: most severe;...
Definitions
- superlative form of severe: most severe;...
Ancestry of “severest”, 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 | — |