Etymograph

English

Proto-Semitic

From proto- + Semitic.

A compound of proto- + Semitic

Proto-Indo-European *pér ‘through’

Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘forwards, before’

Proto-Hellenic *pró

Ancient Greek πρό ‘before’

Ancient Greek πρῶτος ‘first’

English proto-

Ancient Greek Σήμ

German semitisch

English Semitic

Today it means

name The protolanguage of Semitic languages, lacking historical records and known through hypothetical reconstructions.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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