Where does “ultrafragile” come from?

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

ultrafragile (English): Extremely fragile

Definitions

  1. Extremely fragile

Ancestry of “ultrafragile”, step by step

ultrafragile traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ultra

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

via English fragile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfragileEasily broken or destroyed, and thus often of...
2Middle Frenchfragile
3Latinfragilisfragile, brittle, easily broken, breakable; weak,...
4Proto-Italicfragelis
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Latin -aEvery word from Latin ultrā