Where does “ultrajante” come from?
ultrajante (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese ultrajar, from Portuguese ultraje, from Old French oltrage, from Latin ultraticum, from Latin ultrā, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
ultrajante (Portuguese): outrageous, offensive
Definitions
- outrageous, offensive
Ancestry of “ultrajante”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | ultrajar | to insult |
| 2 | Portuguese | ultraje | outrage; insult |
| 3 | Old French | oltrage | insult; offence; impoliteness; excess;... |
| 4 | Latin | ultraticum | a going beyond |
| 5 | Latin | ultrā | beyond |
| 6 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |