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Where does “westernmost” come from?

Westernmost comes from English western, from Old English westerne, from Proto-Germanic westrōnijaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros meaning evening or the direction of sunset.

westernmost (English): Farthest west

Definitions

  1. Farthest west

Ancestry of “westernmost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWesternOf, situated in, or related to the West; Of or...
2Middle Englishwesternewestern
3Old Englishwesternewestern
4Proto-Germanicwestrōnijazwestern
5Proto-Germanicwestrazwest, western
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—
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