Where does “ulterior” come from?

ulterior (Latin) comes from Latin -ior, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

ulterior (Latin): further away

Definitions

  1. further away

Ancestry of “ulterior”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ior"third declension"; forms adjectives’ comparative...
2Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
3Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “ulterior”

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