Where does “ultralarge” come from?

ultralarge (English) comes from English large, from Middle English large, from Old French large, from Latin larga, from Latin largus — abundant, copious, plentiful, large, abounding in...

ultralarge (English): Very large

Definitions

  1. Very large

Ancestry of “ultralarge”, step by step

ultralarge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English large

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlargeOf considerable or relatively great size or...
2Middle Englishlarge
3Old Frenchlargegenerous; large; big; wide
4Latinlarganominative feminine singular of largus;...
5Latinlargusabundant, copious, plentiful, large, abounding in...

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 Latin largusEvery word from Latin largaEvery word from Old French large
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