Etymology of the English word protohistory
the English word
protohistoryusing the English prefix
proto-derived from the Greek word
protos, πρῶτος (first; foremost (in time, place, order or importance))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*perderived from the English word
historyderived from the Old French word
histoirederived from the Latin word
historia (history; account; story)
derived from the Greek word
historia, ἱστορία
derived from the Greek word
historeinderived from the Greek word
historderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*weid-derived from the Latin word
historyderived from the Greek word
historia, ἱστορία
derived from the Greek word
historeinderived from the Greek word
historderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*weid-Usage
Word found in Modern English
