Etymology

ultrastrong

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Today it means: extremely strong. Full definition →

English strong ← Middle English strong ← Old English strang
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  2. Latinūls
  3. Latinultrā
  4. Englishultra-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*strengʰ-
  6. Proto-Germanic*strangaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*strang
  8. Old Englishstrang
  9. Middle Englishstrong
  10. Englishstrong
  11. English todayultrastrong

From ultra- + strong.

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