Etymology

ultrahot

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Today it means: Extremely or exceedingly hot; of utmost hotness. Full definition →

English hot ← Middle English hot ← Old English hāt
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  2. Latinūls
  3. Latinultrā
  4. Englishultra-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*keHy-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kéHidʰeti
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kéHidos
  9. Proto-Germanic*haitaz
  10. Proto-West Germanic*hait
  11. Old Englishhāt
  12. Middle Englishhot
  13. Englishhot
  14. English todayultrahot

From ultra- + hot.

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