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último (Adjective) "last," "final" 15th cent. A learned borrowing from Latin ultimus 'id.,' which replaced a number of words for "last" in Old Spanish including cabero, çaguero, derradero, trasero, postrimero and postero. From Proto-Italic *ol-tamo 'id.,' from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ol-tmHo- "furthest." From the root *h₂el- "that" (see el (2), él). An ancient comparative with *h₂ol-tero- "further" (whence ultra). Indo-European Romance Portuguese último, Catalan últim, French ultime, Italian ultimo, Romanian ultim Italic Oscan últiumam "last" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.