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”).

  1. borrowed from ultrā

Definitions

  1. Greater than normal quantity or importance, as in ultrasecret.

  2. Beyond, on the far side of, as in ultraviolet.

  3. Beyond, outside of, as in ultraterrestrial.

  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. Excessively, to an extreme, as in ultramicroscopic.

    2. intensely, extremely, or exceptional

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA