Are Penultimate and Ultimate?

As both an adjective and a noun, penultimate means next to the last. (Penultimate is not more ultimate than ultimate. ... The adjective ultimate means last, final, elemental, fundamental, or maximum. As a noun, ultimate refers to a final point or result.

What is the one before penultimate?

Something that is ultimate is the last in a series (from Latin ultimare, come to an end); the penultimate is next to last (pen-, a prefix from Latin paene, almost); the antepenultimate is the one before that (ante-, previous, from Latin “ante”).

What word is after Ultimate?

Ultimate is the last or best, penultimate is the second to last, and finally antepenultimate is the third from last.