The story
- Medieval Latin · derived fromultimātus“furthest, last”
- English todayultimate
* From Medieval Latin ultimātus (“furthest, last”), perfect passive participle of ultimō (“to come to an end”) (see -ate (1,2 and 3)), from ultimus (“last, final”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See ultra-. * (ultimate frisbee): The sport was renamed to avoid the use of the Frisbee trademark.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.