Where does “ultimate” come from?
ultimate (Finnish) comes from English ultimate, from Medieval Latin ultimatus, from Latin ultimāre.
ultimate (Finnish): ultimate frisbee
Ancestry of “ultimate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ultimate | Final; last in a series; Last in a word or other... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | ultimatus | furthest, last; done, finished |
| 3 | Latin | ultimāre | — |