Etymograph

English

protologue

Protologue comes from Ancient Greek πρωτολόγος ‘speaking first’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπρωτολόγος1prōtológos‘speaking first’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1987protologue1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English protologue
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1987, Frederick Gustav Meyer, Status of the name Aesculus flava Solander (Hippocastanaceae: “This is important, since the brief protologus of A.…”.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπρωτολόγοςWiktionary, English protologueprōtológos‘speaking first’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1987protologueWiktionary, English protologue. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1987, Frederick Gustav Meyer, Status of the name Aesculus flava Solander (Hippocastanaceae: “This is important, since the brief protologus of A.…”

Formed from proto- + -logue

Proto-Indo-European *pér ‘through’

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

Proto-Hellenic *pró

Ancient Greek πρό ‘before’

Ancient Greek πρῶτος ‘first’

English proto-

Every English word from Ancient Greek πρωτολόγος

Today it means

noun All the original material associated with a newly published name, comprising its description or diagnosis and any of a number of other elements such as illustrations, synonymy, etc.

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Etymograph / Ancient Greek πρωτολόγος / protologue

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