Where does “ulterior” come from?

Ulterior comes from Latin ulterior, from Latin ulter, from Latin uls, from Proto-Indo-European h₂el-, with the comparative suffix Proto-Indo-European -yoss.

ulterior (English): Situated beyond, or on the farther side; Beyond...

Definitions

  1. Situated beyond, or on the farther side; Beyond...

Ancestry of “ulterior”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinulteriorfurther away
2Latin-ior"third declension"; forms adjectives’ comparative...
3Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “ulterior”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Proto-Italic -jōs →Every word from Latin -ior →