protoform

protoform

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *pér
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *próder.
Ancient Greek πρό (pró)
Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos)
Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos)
Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor.
English proto-
English form
English protoform

    From proto- + form.

    Noun

    protoform (plural protoforms)

    1. Synonym of urform (“basic or original form”).
    2. (linguistics) A hypothetical form of a word, reconstructed from derived words.
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