ultimo

Meanings

Adjective

• On the last day (of a specified month).

Adverb

• Of last month.

Noun

• = ultimum

Origin

• First attested in 1582; from Latin ultimō (elliptically for ultimō [[dies or ultimō [[mensis), masculine ablative singular form of ultimus; cognate with Dutch ultimo, the German ultimo, the Swedish ultimo, etc.
• First attested in 1622; from either the Italian ultimo, or the Portuguese último, or the Spanish ultimo; compare ultime.