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bothest

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both

  [bohth]
Use bothest in a Sentence
–adjective
1. one and the other; two together: He met both sisters. Both performances were canceled.
–pronoun
2. the one as well as the other: Both of us were going to the party.
–conjunction
3. alike; equally: He is both ready and willing.
Origin:
1125–75; ME bothe, bathe, influenced by Scand (cf. ON bāthir both; c. G, D beide, Goth ba tho skipa both (the) ships, OHG bêde < *bai thai); r. ME bo, ba, OE bā; c. Goth bai; akin to L ambō, Gk ámphō, Lith abù, Skt ubháu
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Word Origin & History

both 
There are several theories, all similar, and deriving the word from the tendency to say "both the." One is that it is O.E. begen (masc.) "both" (from P.Gmc. *ba, from PIE *bho "both") + -þ extended base. Another traces it to the P.Gmc. formula represented in O.E. by ba þa "both these," from ba (feminine nominative and accusative of begen) + þa, nominative and accusative plural of se "that." A third traces it to O.N. baðir "both," from *bai thaiz "both the," from P.Gmc. *thaiz, third person plural pronoun.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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