Etymology

ultrahard

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Today it means: Extremely hard; of utmost hardness. Full definition →

English hard ← Middle English hard ← Old English heard
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  2. Latinūls
  3. Latinultrā
  4. Englishultra-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kret-der.?
  6. Proto-Germanic*harduz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*hard(ī)
  8. Old Englishheard
  9. Middle Englishhard
  10. Englishhard
  11. English todayultrahard

From ultra- + hard.

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