ultra-
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ultra-
- /ˈʌltɹə/
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Latin ūls
Proto-Indo-European *-teros?
Latin -ter
Old Latin -ād
Latin -ā
Latin ultrābor.
English ultra-
Borrowed from Latin ultrā (“beyond”).
prefix
- Greater than normal quantity or importance, as in ultrasecret.
- Beyond, on the far side of, as in ultraviolet.
- Beyond, outside of, as in ultraterrestrial.
- Excessively, to an extreme, as in ultramicroscopic. In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.
- Intensely, extremely, or exceptional
Similar: trans-, para-, hyper-, out-, extra-, preter-, super-, supra-, hyper-, uber-, macro-, arch-
