Where does “ultravioletto” come from?

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

ultravioletto (Italian): ultraviolet

Definitions

  1. ultraviolet

Ancestry of “ultravioletto”, 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—

Words derived from “ultravioletto”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin ultrā →
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