Where does “ultraquantum” come from?
ultraquantum (English) comes from English ultra-, from English ultra, from Latin ultrā, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
ultraquantum (English): Of a state in which only the lowest Landau level (orbit with a discrete energy value) is occupied
Definitions
- Of a state in which only the lowest Landau level (orbit with a discrete energy value) is occupied
Ancestry of “ultraquantum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ultra- | Greater than normal quantity or importance, as in... |
| 2 | English | ultra | Extreme; far beyond the norm; fanatical;... |
| 3 | Latin | ultrā | beyond |
| 4 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |