foremost

• adj.最も重要な; 第一の
• adv.

古英語のformest、最も早い、から。PIE *pre-mo、最も早い、*pre-、語源的にはforeと同じ、*mo、最も高い接尾辞、語源的にはintimate、究極の、-est、最も高い接尾辞と同じ。したがって、この単語は実質的に二重の最上級形であり、後者の綴りはfore,mostの影響を受けている。fore,mostの影響を受けている。

foremost

foremost: see former

foremost (adj.)

Middle English formest, from Old English fyrmest, formest "earliest, first, most prominent," from Proto-Germanic *furmista-/*frumista- (related to Old English fruma "beginning"), from PIE *pre-mo-, suffixed (superlative) form of root *per- (1) "forward, through; before; first" (see per) + additional superlative suffix -est. For the -m-, see -most, and compare similarly formed Old Frisian formest, Gothic frumists. Altered on the assumption that it is a compound of fore and most. The same compound without the superlative -m- is first. Also in Old English as an adverb, "first of all, at first, in the first place."

1. She is，first and foremost ，her husband 's alter ego.

彼女はまず夫の知己である。

2.He was one of the world 's foremost scholars of ancient Indian culture.

彼は世界で最も優れた古代インディアン文化研究者の一人だ。

3.I see myself，first and foremost ，as a working artist.

私はまず自分を芸術家と見なします。

4.It is first and foremost a trade agreement.

これはまず貿易協定です。

5.the world 's foremost authority on the subject

同学科の世界屈指の権威