Where does “ultimate” come from?

ultimate (Finnish) comes from English ultimate, from Medieval Latin ultimatus, from Latin ultimāre.

ultimate (Finnish): ultimate frisbee

Definitions

  1. ultimate frisbee

Ancestry of “ultimate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishultimateFinal; last in a series; Last in a word or other...
2Medieval Latinultimatusfurthest, last; done, finished
3Latinultimāre—
Every word from Latin ultimāre →Every word from Medieval Latin ultimatus →Every word from English ultimate →