penult
noun
pe·nult ˈpē-ˌnəlt 
pi-ˈnəlt
pi-ˈnəlt : the next to the last member of a series
especially : the second to last syllable of a word : penultima
Sam must have known Sophia Peabody Hawthorne. (Peabody. Was the accent on the first syllable or should you come down hard on the penult, too? … ) 
Jane Langton
Jane Langton 
Word History
Etymology
Latin paenultima penult, from feminine of paenultimus almost last, from paene almost + ultimus last — more at ultimate
First Known Use
1537, in the meaning defined above
- precatory trust
- precatory words
- precaution
- precautionary
- precautioned
- precautioning
- precautions
- precautious
- precautiously
- precautiousness
- precava
- precavae
- precaval
- precaval sinus
- precedable
- precede
- preceded
- precedence
- precedences
- precedencies
- precedency
- precedent
- precedent condition
- precedented
- precedentless