Where does “ultrayoung” come from?

ultrayoung (English) comes from English Young, from Middle English yong, from Old English ġeong, from Proto-West Germanic jung, from Proto-Germanic jungaz, from Proto-Germanic juwungaz, from Proto-Indo-European yuwn̥kós, from Proto-Indo-European h₂yuh₁en- — vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning.

ultrayoung (English): extremely young

Definitions

  1. extremely young

Ancestry of “ultrayoung”, step by step

ultrayoung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Young

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishYoungsurname
2Middle EnglishyongEarly in growth or life; young; Characteristic of...
3Old Englishġeongyoung
4Proto-West Germanicjungyoung
5Proto-Germanicjungazyoung
6Proto-Germanicjuwungaz
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyuwn̥kós
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂yuh₁en-young
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ey-vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning

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 h₂ey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂yuh₁en-Every word from Proto-Indo-European yuwn̥kós