Where does “ultravioletti” come from?

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

ultravioletti (Italian): plural of ultravioletto

Definitions

  1. plural of ultravioletto

Ancestry of “ultravioletti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianultraviolettoultraviolet
2Italianultra-ultra
3Latinultrābeyond
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin ultrā →