Where does “ulterior” come from?

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

ulterior (Romanian): later, subsequent

Definitions

  1. later, subsequent

Ancestry of “ulterior”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchultérieurulterior; following; later on
2Latinulteriorfurther away
3Latin-ior"third declension"; forms adjectives’ comparative...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →