Where does “Ultra-” come from?

Ultra- (Portuguese) comes from Latin ultrā, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

Ultra- (Portuguese): ultra

Definitions

  1. ultra

Ancestry of “Ultra-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinultrābeyond
2Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
3Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “Ultra-”

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