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Etymology of the English word protocol

the English word protocol

derived from the French word protocole

derived from the Old French word prothocolle

derived from the Medieval Latin word protocollum

derived from the Late Greek word protokollon, πρωτόκολλον

derived from the Greek word kolla, κόλλα (glue)

derived from the Greek word protos, πρῶτος (first; foremost (in time, place, order or importance))

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per

using the Byzantine Greek prefix proto-, πρωτο-

derived from the Greek word kollema, κόλλημα

derived from the Greek word kollao, κολλάω (to glue; (passively or reflexively) to stick ; to glue; to stick)

The earliest known usage of protocol in English dates from the 16th century.

Word found in Modern English