proto-

• prot- (chemistry)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-), combination form of πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”), superlative of πρό (pró, “before”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊ.təʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɹoʊ.toʊ/, [pɹoʊ.ɾoʊ]

proto-

1. first
2. (linguistics, genetics) most recent common ancestor (often hypothetical) of

   All Indo-European languages from Albanian to Zazaki are descended from Proto-Indo-European.

3. (inorganic chemistry) See protosalt.
4. (chemistry) Relating to protons and/or positive charge.

• arch-, archi-, archo- (sometimes synonymous)
• ur-

• deutero-, deuter-
• trito-, trit-
• tetarto-, tetart-

• protocarbonate
• protosymbol
• protosymbolic
• protosymbolism

• Porto, Topor, Troop, porto, porto-, proot, troop, tropo, tropo-

From Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos).

proto-

1. proto-

From Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-), combining form of πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”), superlative of πρό (pró, “before”).

proto-

1. proto-

• Also prot- before a vowel.

• -tropo, porto, portò, potrò, tropo

From Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-), combining form of πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”), superlative of πρό (pró, “before”).

proto-

1. proto- (initial, first, original)

• Also prot- before a vowel

Derived from Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-).

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.tɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔtɔ
• Syllabification: pro‧to

proto-

1. (chemistry) proto-

   ‎proto- + ‎-liza → ‎protoliza

• pra-

• proto- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-), combining form of πρῶτος (prôtos) "first", superlative of πρό (pró) "before".

proto-

1. proto-

From Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-), combining form of πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”), superlative of πρό (pró, “before”).

proto-

1. proto-

• “proto-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014