Where does “ultranerdy” come from?
ultranerdy (English) comes from English nerdy, from English nerd, from English nerts, from English nuts, from English nut, from Middle English nute, from Old English hnutu, from Proto-West Germanic hnut — to arise, begin.
ultranerdy (English): Exceptionally nerdy
Definitions
- Exceptionally nerdy
Ancestry of “ultranerdy”, step by step
ultranerdy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nerdy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nerdy | Being or like a nerd; Of, pertaining to, in the... |
| 2 | English | nerd | A person who is intellectual but generally... |
| 3 | English | nerts | Crazy; nuts; Nuts! Expression of dismay |
| 4 | English | nuts | plural of nut; Testicles; An unbeatable hand; the... |
| 5 | English | nut | A hard-shelled seed; A piece of metal, usually... |
| 6 | Middle English | nute | — |
| 7 | Old English | hnutu | nut |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | hnut | nut |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hnuts | nut |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | knew- | to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ken- | to arise, begin |