Where does “ultra-” come from?

ultra- (Italian) comes from Latin ultrā, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

ultra- (Italian): ultra

Definitions

  1. ultra

Ancestry of “ultra-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinultrābeyond
2Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
3Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

Words derived from “ultra-

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂