"protoword" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: protowords [plural]
Etymology: proto- + word Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|proto|word}} proto- + word Head templates: {{en-noun}} protoword (plural protowords)
  1. (linguistics) An early wordlike utterance produced by an infant before it has acquired a true language. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-protoword-en-noun-DZH9ABVP Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (linguistics) A wordlike utterance produced by early people who had yet to develop full language capability; a word from a proto-language. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-protoword-en-noun-NR2M1y2K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with proto- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with proto-: 37 63 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: proto-language, ur-word

Inflected forms

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