Where does “ultraminute” come from?

ultraminute (English) comes from English minute, from Middle English mynute, from Old French minute, from Latin minuta, from Latin minūtus, from Proto-Italic minwō, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

ultraminute (English): extremely minute

Definitions

  1. extremely minute

Ancestry of “ultraminute”, step by step

ultraminute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English minute

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishminuteA unit of time equal to sixty seconds; A short...
2Middle Englishmynuteminute; A sixtieth part; A coin of little worth
3Old Frenchminuteminute one sixtieth of an hour
4Latinminutanominative feminine singular of minūtus;...
5Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
6Proto-Italicminwō
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

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 mēy-Every word from Proto-Italic minwōEvery word from Latin minūtus