Where does “southernmost” come from?

Southernmost derives from English southern, from Middle English southerne, from Old English sūþerne, from Proto-Germanic sunþrōnijaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥ meaning sun.

southernmost (English): Farthest south

Definitions

  1. Farthest south

Ancestry of “southernmost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-mostFurthest; -est; "used to form superlatives of...
2Middle English-most—
3Old English-mestmost; used to form the superlative of certain words, such as cardinal directions
4Proto-Germanic*-umistaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *-umistaz →Every word from English -most →Every word from Old English -mest →