Etymology

ultraquick

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Today it means: Extremely or exceedingly quick; of utmost quickness. Full definition →

English quick ← Middle English quyk ← Old English cwic
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The story

  1. Englishultra-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  4. Proto-Germanic*kwikwaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*kwiku
  6. Old Englishcwic
  7. Middle Englishquyk
  8. Englishquick
  9. English todayultraquick

From ultra- + quick.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.