Etymograph

English

protograph

Protograph comes from Latin protographum.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprotographum
  2. Englishtodayprotograph

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprotographum
  2. Englishtodayprotograph

Today it means

noun The original manuscript of a given text, from which all further copies derive.

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

Etymograph / Latin protographum / protograph