Etymology of the English word protolanguage
the English word
protolanguageusing 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
languagederived from the Old French word
langagederived from the Old French word
languederived from the Classical Latin word
lingua (tongue; tongue; speech, language)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dn₀ghu-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dn₀ghū-Usage
Word found in Modern English
