"last, final" in seven languages
Meaninglast, final
Spanish
último
/ˈultimo/
learned
French
dernier
/dɛʁnje/
other source · Old French derrain ← spoken Latin *DĒRETRĀNUM 'at the back' (DĒ RETRŌ)
fem.: dernière
Italian
ultimo
/ˈultimo/
learned
Portuguese
último
/ˈuwtʃimu/
learned
Romanian
ultim
/ˈultim/
learned
Catalan
últim
/ˈultim/
learned
English
last
/læst/
native English · Old English latost 'latest'
English → Italianlast, finalultimoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: ultimate, ultimatum.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ULTIMUM‘farthest, last’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish and Italian took ULTIMUS straight from written Latin; French built 'the one at the back'. For 'last week', French puts dernier after the noun (la semaine dernière), while Spanish and Italian switch words: la semana pasada, la settimana scorsa.
English relatives: ultimate, ultimatum
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In a sentence
- esPerdimos el último tren.
- frOn a raté le dernier train.
- itAbbiamo perso l'ultimo treno.
- ptPerdemos o último trem.
- roAm pierdut ultimul tren.
- caVam perdre l'últim tren.
- enWe missed the last train.