proto-
English Edit
Alternative forms Edit
- prot- (chemistry)
Etymology Edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-), combination form of πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”), superlative of πρό (pró, “before”).
Pronunciation Edit
Prefix Edit
proto-
- First, original.
- 2022 November 6, Emma Garland, “Aaron Carter was the millennium’s bubblegum bad boy – and the victim of a rapacious music industry”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- In many ways, both good and bad, he was a proto-Justin Bieber—a teenage dream to be bought and sold, with what would turn out to be very little regard for his own humanity.
- (linguistics, genetics) Most recent common ancestor (often hypothetical) of.
- All Indo-European languages from Albanian to Zazaki are descended from Proto-Indo-European.
- (inorganic chemistry) See protosalt.
- (chemistry) Relating to protons and/or positive charge.
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words in which it has the meaning "first"
in linguistics, proto-languages
Translations Edit
first
(linguistics) ancestor of a family of languages
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French Edit
Etymology Edit
From Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos).
Prefix Edit
proto-
Italian Edit
Etymology Edit
From Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-), combining form of πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”), superlative of πρό (pró, “before”).
Prefix Edit
proto-
Usage notes Edit
- Also prot- before a vowel.
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Latvian Edit
Etymology Edit
From Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-), combining form of πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”), superlative of πρό (pró, “before”).
Prefix Edit
proto-
- proto- (initial, first, original)
Usage notes Edit
- Also prot- before a vowel
Derived terms Edit
Polish Edit
Etymology Edit
Derived from Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-).
Pronunciation Edit
Prefix Edit
proto-
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See also Edit
Further reading Edit
- proto- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese Edit
Etymology Edit
From Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-), combining form of πρῶτος (prôtos) "first", superlative of πρό (pró) "before".
Prefix Edit
proto-
Derived terms Edit
Spanish Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-), combining form of πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”), superlative of πρό (pró, “before”).
Prefix Edit
proto-
Derived terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- “proto-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014