Where does “ultimatum” come from?

ultimatum (French) comes from Latin ultimatum, from Latin ultimatus, from Latin ultimus, from Proto-Italic *oltm̥mos — last.

ultimatum (French): ultimatum

Definitions

  1. ultimatum

Ancestry of “ultimatum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinultimatumaccusative supine of ultimō
2Latinultimatusdone, finished
3Latinultimuslast, final; furthest, farthest
4Proto-Italic*oltm̥moslast

Words derived from “ultimatum”

Every word from Proto-Italic *oltm̥mos →Every word from Latin ultimus →Every word from Latin ultimatus →