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[ adjective ] (combining form) indicating the first or earliest or original
Examples "`proto' is a combining form in a word like `protolanguage' that refers to the hypothetical ancestor of another language or group of languages" Used in print (A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)There are more stems per item in Athabascan , which expresses the fact that the Athabascan languages have undergone somewhat more change in diverging from proto Athabascan than the Yokuts languages from proto Yokuts . There are more stems per item in Athabascan , which expresses the fact that the Athabascan languages have undergone somewhat more change in diverging from proto Athabascan than the Yokuts languages from proto Yokuts . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 17600
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