fore-most

fore·most

[fawr-mohst, -muhst, fohr-]
adjective, adverb
first in place, order, rank, etc.: the foremost surgeons.

Origin:
before 1000; fore1 + -most; replacing Middle English, Old English formest, equivalent to form(a) first, variant of fruma (compare Latin prīmus) + -est -est


primary, prime, chief, principal, paramount.
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foremost (ˈfɔːˌməʊst) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj, —adv
first in time, place, rank, etc
 
[Old English formest, from forma first; related to Old Saxon formo first, Old High German fruma advantage]

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foremost
O.E. fyrmest "earliest, first, most prominent," from P.Gmc. *formo- (related to O.E. fruma "beginning"), superl. of the root of Eng. fore + additional superl. suffix -est. Cf. O.Fris. formest, Goth. frumists. Altered on the assumption that it is a compound of fore and most.
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