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Where does “ultraterrenal” come from?

ultraterrenal (Spanish) comes from Spanish terrenal, from English -ál, from Middle English -al, from Old French -al, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.

ultraterrenal (Spanish): ultramundane, other-worldly

Definitions

  1. ultramundane, other-worldly

Ancestry of “ultraterrenal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishterrenalearthly; worldly; terrestrial
2English-ál—
3Middle English-al—
4Old French-alsuffix used to form adjectives from nouns
5Latin-ālis—
6Proto-Italic-ālis—
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