Where does “ultracentrifuga” come from?

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

ultracentrifuga (Spanish): ultracentrifuge

Definitions

  1. ultracentrifuge

Ancestry of “ultracentrifuga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishultra-ultra
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 →