proto-

a combining form meaning “first,” “foremost,” “earliest form of,” used in the formation of compound words ( protomartyr; protolithic; protoplasm ), specialized in chemical terminology to denote the first of a series of compounds, or the one containing the minimum amount of an element.

proto-

combining_form

Origin of proto-¹

< Greek, combining form representing prôtos first, superlative formed from pró; pro- ²

Origin of proto-¹

from Greek prōtos first, from pro before; see pro- ²

There are also funding and logistical imperatives for ISIS to pursue the proto-state strategy.

No one was using Final Cut, so it was this Proto Editing program.

Such proto-tweets allowed some full-time gossips to work as compilers of the “trending” topics of the day.

There is "water" in English, "wasser" in German, "vatten" in Swedish, all cognates emanating from "wator" in proto-German.

In the current proto-populist climate, complicated could actually win for a change.

The influence of the leisure class is not consistently for or against the rehabilitation of this proto-anthropoid human nature.

The oxygen of the atmosphere also unites with certain minerals, such as the proto-salts of iron, and converts them into peroxides.

As far as he knew, there was no such thing as a proto-man myth in wide currency around the galaxy.

Remember this, though: I cannot tell you what to expect when you reach the original home of proto-man.

Or must proto-man, like humans everywhere, fall victim to subjective time if objective time did not matter for him?

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