abstractest

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.?

Latin trahō

Latin abstrahō

Latin abstractusbor.

Middle English abstract

English abstract

Proto-Indo-European *-yōs

Proto-Indo-European *-tHós

Proto-Indo-European *-istHos

Proto-Germanic *-istaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ist

Old English -est

Middle English -est

English -est

English abstractest

From abstract + -est.

Adjective

abstractest

1. (rare) superlative form of abstract: most abstract
   • 2013, O.K. Wiegand, Robert J. Dostal, Lester Embree, Phenomenology on Kant, German Idealism, Hermeneutics and Logic, page 277:

     But the copula is related to the copulable, so the copula itself cannot be the abstractest representation

Verb

abstractest

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of abstract