Where does “ultra-” come from?

ultra- (Danish) comes from Latin ultrā, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

ultra- (Danish): ultra- (beyond, on the far side of; beyond, outside of)

Definitions

  1. ultra- (beyond, on the far side of; beyond, outside of)

Ancestry of “ultra-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinultrābeyond
2Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
3Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “ultra-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin ultrā →