πρωτο-
Greek
Alternative forms
- πρωτό- (protó-)
- πρωτ- (prot-) (used before morphemes that begin with a vowel)
- πρωθ- (proth-) (used before morphemes that historically began with a vowel with a δασεία or rough breathing)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾoto/
Prefix
πρωτο- • (proto-)
- added before a noun, adjective or verb to create words that indicates something that is the first:
- πρωτο- (proto-) + βουλή (voulí, “will, desire”) → πρωτοβουλία (protovoulía, “initiative”)
- πρωτο- (proto-) + γόνος (gónos, “offspring”) → πρωτόγονος (protógonos, “primitive”)
- πρωτο- (proto-) + υπουργός (ypourgós, “minister”) → πρωθυπουργός (prothypourgós, “prime minister”)
- πρωτο- (proto-) + κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) → πρωτόκολλο (protókollo, “protocol”)
- πρωτο- (proto-) + γνωρίζω (gnorízo, “to know”) → πρωτόγνωρος (protógnoros, “unprecedented”)
- πρωτο- (proto-) + πόρος (póros, “resource”) → πρωτοπόρος (protopóros, “pioneer”)
- πρωτο- (proto-) + τύπος (týpos, “type, form”) → πρωτότυπος (protótypos, “original, prototype”)
- πρωτο- (proto-) + φαίνομαι (faínomai, “to appear, to be visible”) → πρωτοφανής (protofanís, “unprecedented”)
- πρωτο- (proto-) + Μάιος (Máios, “May”) → Πρωτομαγιά (Protomagiá, “May Day”)
- πρωτο- (proto-) + χρονιά (chroniá, “year”) → Πρωτοχρονιά (Protochroniá, “New Year's Day”)
- added before a verb to create another verb that indicates when it was first done:
- added before a noun to create words that indicates something is the first phase of a period of history, language, etc; Proto-:
- πρωτο- (proto-) + χριστιανικός (christianikós, “Christian”) → πρωτοχριστιανικός (protochristianikós, “Early Christian”)
- πρωτο- (proto-) + αττικός (attikós, “Attic”) → πρωτοαττικός (protoattikós, “Protoattic”)
Derived terms
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