Where does “ultramodest” come from?

ultramodest (English) comes from English modest, from Middle French modeste, from Latin modestus, from Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

ultramodest (English): extremely modest

Definitions

  1. extremely modest

Ancestry of “ultramodest”, step by step

ultramodest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English modest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmodestNot bragging or boasting about oneself or one's...
2Middle Frenchmodeste—
3Latinmodestusmoderate, calm, restrained, mild; modest,...
4Latinmodusmeasure
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

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 med- →