Where does “ultracivil” come from?

ultracivil (English) comes from English civil, from Middle English cyvyl, from Old French civil, from Latin cīvīlis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

ultracivil (English): extremely civil

Definitions

  1. extremely civil

Ancestry of “ultracivil”, step by step

ultracivil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English civil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcivilHaving to do with people and government office as...
2Middle Englishcyvyl—
3Old Frenchcivil—
4Latincīvīlis—
5Latin-ilis-ile
6Proto-Italic-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-elis—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via English ultra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishultraExtreme; far beyond the norm; fanatical;...
2Latinultrābeyond
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →