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Where does “ultrajar” come from?

ultrajar (Spanish) comes from Spanish ultraje, from Old French oltrage, from Latin ultraticum, from Latin ultrā, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

ultrajar (Spanish): to outrage; to insult; to offend; to rape

Definitions

  1. to outrage; to insult; to offend; to rape

Ancestry of “ultrajar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishultrajeoutrage; insult, offense
2Old Frencholtrageinsult; offence; impoliteness; excess;...
3Latinultraticuma going beyond
4Latinultrā—
5Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
6Proto-Italic-ā—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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