Where does “meistverwendet” come from?

meistverwendet (German) comes from German meist, from Old High German meist, from Proto-Germanic maist — most, to the greatest degree.

meistverwendet (German): most commonly / frequently used

Definitions

  1. most commonly / frequently used

Ancestry of “meistverwendet”, step by step

meistverwendet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German meist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmeistmostly, most often, usually
2Old High Germanmeistmost
3Proto-Germanicmaistmost, to the greatest degree

via German verwendet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanverwendetinflection of verwenden: ## third-person singular...
Every word from Proto-Germanic maist →Every word from Old High German meist →Every word from German meist →