Where does “ultra” come from?

ultra (Romanian) comes from French ultra, from Latin ultrā, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

ultra (Romanian): ultra, extreme

Definitions

  1. ultra, extreme

Ancestry of “ultra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchultraultra, extreme; extremist; an ultra-royalist...
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—

Words derived from “ultra”

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