proto-

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈpɹəʊ.təʊ/
• (America) IPA: /pɹoʊ.toʊ/, [pɹoʊ.ɾoʊ]

Prefix

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. (chemistry) Relating to protons and/or positive charge.

Synonyms

• ur-

Translations

• French: proto-
• German: ur-
• Russian: прото-

Translations

• French: proto-
• German: ur-
• Russian: пра-

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