prot-

prot-
combining form or proto-
Etymology: Middle English protho-, from Middle French, from Late Latin proto-, from Late Greek prōt-, prōto-, from Greek, from prōtos; akin to Greek pro before, ahead — more at for
1.
a. : first in time

protohistoric

protonymph

b. : first in status : chief in rank or importance : principal

protocerebrum

protocone

c. : beginning : tending toward : giving rise to

protofascism

protoplanet

a. : first or lowest of a series : member of a series having or supposed to have the smallest relative amount of the element or radical indicated in the name to which it is prefixed

protoxide

protochloride

b. : substance held to be the parent of the substance to the name of which it is prefixed

protoactinium

c. : first or primary product of decomposition

protoproteose

protomorph

protonephros

b. : first formed : primary

protoderm

protoxylem

4. usually capitalized : belonging to or constituting the recorded or assumed language that is ancestral to a language or to a group of related languages or dialects — usually spelled proto- and joined to a capitalized second element with a hyphen

Proto-Arabic

Proto-Indo-European

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var. of proto- before a vowel: protamine.

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prot-,
combining form. the form of proto- (Cf.proto-) before vowels, as in protamine.
Prot.,
Protestant.

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comb. form variant spelling of proto- before a vowel (as in protamine)

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prot-
the form of proto- used before a vowel.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • prot- — prot(o) ♦ Élément, du gr. prôtos « premier, primitif, rudimentaire » : protagoniste, protéide, protozoaire. prot(o) élément, du gr. prôtos, premier, qui vient en premier . I. ⇒PROT(O) , (PROT , PROTO ), élém. formant Élém. tiré du gr. « premier » …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • prot- — Prot ↑ proto , Proto . * * * prot , Prot : ↑ proto , Proto . * * * prot , Prot : ↑proto , ↑Proto . pro|to , Pro|to , (vor Vokalen meist:) prot …   Universal-Lexikon

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  • Prot'eg'e — Pro t[ e] g[ e] , n. m. Prot eg ee Pro t[ e] g[ e]e , n. f.[F., p. p. of prot[ e]ger. See {Protect}.] One under the care and protection of another. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Prot'eg'ee — Prot eg e Pro t[ e] g[ e] , n. m. Prot eg ee Pro t[ e] g[ e]e , n. f.[F., p. p. of prot[ e]ger. See {Protect}.] One under the care and protection of another. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • prot... — prot…, Prot… 〈in Zus.〉 = proto…, Proto… …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

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