πρωτο-

See also: πρώτο and πρωτό-

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, first).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾoto/

Prefix

πρωτο- (proto-)

  1. 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)
  2. added before a verb to create another verb that indicates when it was first done:
    πρωτο- (proto-) + βλέπω (vlépo, to see)πρωτοβλέπω (protovlépo, to first see)
    πρωτο- (proto-) + μιλώ (miló, to speak)πρωτομιλώ (protomiló, to first speak)
    πρωτο- (proto-) + μαθαίνω (mathaíno, to learn)πρωτομαθαίνω (protomathaíno, to first learn)
  3. 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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