newest
- 1Superlative of new.
The museum unveiled its newest exhibit to a packed crowd.
Of all the recruits, she adapted to the job fastest despite being the newest.
Note
The -est here is older than English itself: Old English nīwost descends from a Proto-Indo-European superlative of the word that gave us new, so the ending is inherited rather than added later. Like most one-syllable adjectives, new takes -est rather than most. The superlative carries each meaning of its base. The newest exhibit is the most recently made, while the newest recruit is the latest arrival, and context decides which is meant.
newest is a form of new
new, adjective: Recently made, created, born or come into existence; of recent origin. Full entry
- Spelling
- new → newest: add -est
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Origin
This is the superlative form of "new." It comes from Middle English newest, from Old English nīwost, going back to Proto-Germanic *niwistaz and Proto-Indo-European *néwisth₂os, the superlative of the root that gave us "new." It is related to Dutch nieuwst, German neueste, and Icelandic nýjastur.