Where does “ultrasferico” come from?

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

ultrasferico (Italian): ultraspherical

Definitions

  1. ultraspherical

Ancestry of “ultrasferico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianultra-ultra
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 -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin ultrā →