PROTO-


Meaning of PROTO- in English

proto- /prəʊtəʊ, -tə $ proʊtoʊ, -tə/ BrE AmE prefix

[ Language: Late Latin ; Origin: Greek , from protos 'first' ]

technical existing or coming before other things of the same type:

a proto-fascist group

a prototype

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