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RootLatin

ultim

final, end

Spelled ultim · ultimus 'last, farthest'

Words built from it

• ultimate — final or last in a series
  ultim (final) + -ate (adjective ending)
• ultimately — in the end, finally
  ultim (final) + -ately (adverb ending)
• ultimatum — a final demand backed by a threat
  ultim (final) + -atum (noun ending)
• penultimate — second to last
  pen- (almost) + ultim (final)
• ultimogeniture — A system in which the youngest child inherits the family property.
  ultimo- (last, from Latin ultimus) + geniture (birth, from Latin genitura)

Looks like it, but is not

• multimedia — Multimedia combines multi-, 'many,' with media. Its ultim letters overlap those elements; they do not come from Latin ultimus, 'last.'

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