-most
a combining form of most occurring in a series of superlatives:
foremost; utmost.
-most
suffix
forming the superlative degree of some adjectives and adverbs hindmost, uppermost
word origin
old english -mǣst, -mest, originally a superlative suffix, later mistakenly taken as derived from mǣst (adv) most
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