English
Proto-Polynesian
From proto- + Polynesian.
A compound of proto- + Polynesian
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
name The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of most Polynesian languages.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Polynesian