penultimate thing
the one before the last
TRANSLATION
penultimate = vorletzte, vorletzter
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"The 30st of December is the penultimate day of the year."
Did you
know?
"Penultimate" comes from the Latin "paenultimus."
The Latin word was formed through the combination of "paene" meaning "almost" and "ultimus" meaning "last."
We can find "paene" and "ultimus" at the root of other English words. "Peninsula," meaning "a piece of land nearly surrounded by water," traces to "paene" and the Latin "insula," meaning "island."
"Ultimate," meaning "last or final," traces to "ultimus."
The Latin word was formed through the combination of "paene" meaning "almost" and "ultimus" meaning "last."
We can find "paene" and "ultimus" at the root of other English words. "Peninsula," meaning "a piece of land nearly surrounded by water," traces to "paene" and the Latin "insula," meaning "island."
"Ultimate," meaning "last or final," traces to "ultimus."
