English
protopunk
From proto- + punk.
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 Collectively, the music (of various genres and backgrounds) that influenced the later punk movement in the 1970s.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / protopunk