Etymology

ultrarace

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Today it means: A race which is longer than a marathon. Full definition →

English race ← Middle English race ← Old Norse rás
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The story

  1. Englishultra-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁reh₁s-
  3. Proto-Germanic*rēsō
  4. Proto-West Germanic*rās
  5. Old Englishrǣs
  6. Proto-Germanic*rēsō
  7. Old Norserás
  8. Middle Englishrace
  9. Englishrace
  10. English todayultrarace

From ultra- + race.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.