Where does “ultragallant” come from?

ultragallant (English) comes from English gallant, from Middle English galant, from Old French galant, from Old French galer, from Old French galle, from Latin galla, from Gaulish gallā, from Proto-Germanic gallǭ — to flourish; green, yellow.

ultragallant (English): extremely gallant

Definitions

  1. extremely gallant

Ancestry of “ultragallant”, step by step

ultragallant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English gallant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishgallantbrave, valiant; honorable; grand, noble
2Middle Englishgalant
3Old Frenchgalantpresent participle of galer; brave; noble;...
4Old Frenchgalerto rub; to scratch; to have fun; to enjoy oneself
5Old Frenchgalle
6Latingallathe oak apple, gall-nut; a harsh, sour kind of...
7Gaulishgallāvessel
8Proto-Germanicgallǭgall, bile
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃-