Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗pron
The greater part of a group, especially a group of people.
noun
The greatest amount. · The greater part. · A record-setting amount.
det
superlative degree of much. · superlative degree of many: the comparatively largest number of (construed with the definite article) · superlative degree of many: the majority of; more than half of (construed without the definite article)
adj
The greatest; the best.
adv
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryForms the superlative of many adjectives. · With a superlative adjective ending in -est. · To a great extent or degree; highly; very. · superlative degree of much
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *maiz Proto-Germanic *maistaz Proto-Germanic *maist Proto-West Germanic *maist Old English mǣst Middle English most English most From Middle English most, moste, from Old English mǣst, māst, from Proto-Germanic *maistaz, *maist. Cognate with Scots mast, maist (“most”), Saterland Frisian maast (“most”), West Frisian meast (“most”), Dutch meest (“most”), German meist (“most”), Danish and Swedish mest (“most”), Icelandic mestur (“most”).
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