English
Proto-Mongoloid
From proto- + Mongoloid.
A compound of proto- + Mongoloid
Proto-Indo-European *pér ‘through’
Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘forwards, before’
Proto-Hellenic *pró
Ancient Greek πρό ‘before’
Ancient Greek πρῶτος ‘first’
English proto-
Today it means
noun A human phenotypical classification thought to be the ancestor of the Mongoloid race. It consists of various subtypes found in Southeast Asia, Japan, and among indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Mongoloid