PROTOHISTORY


Meaning of PROTOHISTORY in English

— protohistorian /proh'toh hi stawr"ee euhn, -stohr"-/ , n. — protohistoric /proh'toh hi stawr"ik, -stor"-/ , protohistorical , adj.

/proh'toh his"teuh ree, -his"tree/ , n. , pl. protohistories .

1. a branch of study concerned with the transition period between prehistory and the earliest recorded history.

2. the period in a culture immediately before its recorded history begins.

[ 1915-20; PROTO- + HISTORY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .