Etymology

ultra-

Today it means: Greater than normal quantity or importance, as in ultrasecret. Full definition →

Latin ultrā ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  2. Latinūls
  3. Latinultrā
  4. English todayultra-

Borrowed from Latin ultrā (“beyond”).

Words from the same roots

Latinultrā all →

ultraoutrageultramarine

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.