Where does “oultre” come from?

oultre (Middle French) comes from Old French oltre, from Latin ultrā, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

oultre (Middle French): over; over the top

Definitions

  1. over; over the top

Ancestry of “oultre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencholtreabove; over the top of
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 →
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