"proto-" meaning in All languages combined

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Prefix [Italiano]

IPA: /ˈprɔto
  1. prima parte di lemmi composti formati dall'accostamento di due parole la prima indica anteriorità
    Sense id: it-proto--it-prefix-x33lFGTg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Prefissi in italiano Derived forms: protoantropo, protoario, Protoasci, protoattico, protoattinio, protobaltico, protobulgaro, protocanonico, protoceltico, protoclasi, protocloruro, Protococcacee, Protococcali, protocollo, protocorinzio, protocormo, protodonte, protofillo, protofisico, protofito, protofloema, protogermanico, protogino, protogreco, protoindiano, protoindoeuropeo, protoindustria, protoiranico, protoitalico, protolatino, protolingua, protomartire, protomastigini, protomastro, protomateria, protomedico, protomorfo, protonema, protonotario, protonotaro, protoplasma, protoquamquam, protoromantico, protoromanzo, protosemitico, protosincrotone, protoslavo, protostella, protossido, protostoria, protostorico, prototipo, protottero, protovangelo, protovillanoviano, protoxilema, Protozoi, protozoico
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      "word": "protoantropo"
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      "word": "Protoasci"
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      "word": "protocollo"
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      "word": "protocorinzio"
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      "word": "protogino"
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      "word": "protogreco"
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      "word": "protoquamquam"
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      "word": "protostella"
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      "word": "protovangelo"
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      "word": "protovillanoviano"
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      "word": "protoxilema"
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    "dal grecoπρῶτος cioè \"primo\""
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      "word": "Protoasci"
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      "word": "protoattinio"
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      "word": "protocormo"
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      "word": "protodonte"
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      "word": "protogino"
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      "word": "protogreco"
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      "word": "protolatino"
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      "word": "protolingua"
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    {
      "word": "protomartire"
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      "word": "protomastigini"
    },
    {
      "word": "protomastro"
    },
    {
      "word": "protomateria"
    },
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    {
      "word": "protomorfo"
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      "word": "protonema"
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    },
    {
      "word": "protonotaro"
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    {
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      "word": "protovangelo"
    },
    {
      "word": "protovillanoviano"
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    {
      "word": "protoxilema"
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