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Re: CHAT: Lost (was: Azurian.)

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Thursday, August 9, 2007, 6:18
Round these here parts, "compost" is /'kOm.post/ and "provost" is
/'pro.vOst/.  Obviously YPMV.

> > I keep thinking there's a word I know of that ends in -most but which > > doesn't actually come from compounding with the word most, but I > > can't seem to think what it is. (As I recall, it originally ended in - > > mest, which consisted of the final -m of the root and the superlative > > morpheme -est, but was later remodeled by analogy to <most>.) > > > > How about "utmost"?
No, the "most" in "utmost" feels like the same morpheme as the word "most". Although I don't know what the ut- is. Shortened from "ultimate" or something? -- Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>

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