Where does “ultimate” come from?

Ultimate derives from Medieval Latin ultimatus, from Latin ultimo, from Latin ultimus meaning "farthest," from Latin ulter, from Latin uls, from Proto-Indo-European h₂el-.

ultimate (English): Final; last in a series; Last in a word or other...

Definitions

  1. Final; last in a series; Last in a word or other...

Ancestry of “ultimate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinultimatusfurthest, last; done, finished
2Latinultimāre—

Words derived from “ultimate”

Every word from Latin ultimāre →Every word from Medieval Latin ultimatus →