foremost

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Positioned in front of (all) others in space, most forward.
2. Coming before (all) others in time.
3. Of the highest rank or position; of the greatest importance; of the highest priority.
4. Closest to the bow.

Adv

1. In front, prominently forward.
2. First in time.
3. Most importantly.

Sinonieme

first

1st

chief

best

leading

pre-eminent

principal

front

outstanding

highest

first of all

top grade

uppermost

prime

primary

excellent

first-class

firstly

first off

fore

anterior

first-rate

head

high-class

key

🔑

main

master

number one

preeminent

prominent

super

top

🔝

topmost

world-class

frontmost

endways

loftily

be first

situated in the front

most excellent

notable

before anyone else

dominantly

paramount

peerless

predominant

before other things

conspicuously

preferable

primal

primarily

commanding

choicest

choice

unmatch

remarkable

school

🏫

being at the head

superior

superlative

supreme

being in front

standing at the head

top-notch

topper

underlying

unique

unparalleled

beginning

turned towards the front

highest degree

forehand

exemplary

fundamental

greatest

one of the best

headmost

basic

excel

important

in front

in the first place

grade A

leader

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈfɔː.məʊst/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Old English: formest

Verwante met Old Frisian: formest

Verwante met Goties: 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃

In summary

From Old English formest, fyrmest (“earliest, first, most prominent”), from Proto-Germanic *frumistaz, from the locative stem *fur-, *fr- + the superlative suffix *-umistaz, stem ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pr-. The suffix *-umistaz was a compound suffix, created from the rarer comparative suffix *-umô (as in Old English fruma) + the regular superlative suffix *-istaz (English -est); *-umô in turn is from Proto-Indo-European *-mHo-.
Cognate with Old Frisian formest, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (frumists). See for, first and Old English fruma for more. Partially cognate to primus, from Proto-Indo-European *pr- + Latin superlative suffix -imus, from Proto-Indo-European *-mHo-.
A comparative former was back-formed analogically, leaving the m from *-umô in place. Later the Old English suffix complex -(u)m-est was conflated with the word most through folk etymology, so that the word is now interpreted as fore + -most.