ultra-
prefix/ˈʌltɹə/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Latin ūls Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Old Latin -ād Latin -ā Latin ultrālbor. English ultra- Borrowed from Latin ultrā (“beyond”).
- borrowed from ultrā
Definitions
Greater than normal quantity or importance, as in ultrasecret.
Beyond, on the far side of, as in ultraviolet.
Beyond, outside of, as in ultraterrestrial.
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Excessively, to an extreme, as in ultramicroscopic.
intensely, extremely, or exceptional
The neighborhood
- synonymtrans-beyond
- synonympara-beyond
- synonymhyper-beyond
- synonymout-beyond
- synonymextra-beyond
- synonympreter-beyond
- synonymsuper-
- synonymsupra-
- synonymuber-
- synonymmacro-
- synonymarch-
- synonymover-
- antonyminfra-
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for ultra-. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA