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proto-
+
form
Noun
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protoform
(
plural
protoforms
)
Synonym of
urform
(
“
basic or original form
”
)
(
linguistics
)
A
hypothetical
form
of a
word
,
reconstructed
from
derived
words.
Categories
:
English terms prefixed with proto-
English lemmas
English nouns
English countable nouns
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