proto-

or prot-
pref.

1. First in time; earliest: protolithic.
2. First formed; primitive; original: protohuman.
3. Proto- Being a form of a language that is the ancestor of a language or group of related languages: Proto-Germanic.
4. Having the least amount of a specified element or radical: protoporphyrin.

[Greek prōto-, from prōtos.]

Primitive, first, early, or precursor of something. Proto-Doric was an early primitive harbinger of the Doric Order, as in the rock-cut tombs at Beni-Hasan, Egypt (c.2133–1786 bc). Proto-Ionic refers to precursors of aspects of the Ionic Order, especially the Aeolic type of capital and certain features from Mesopotamia. Proto-Romanesque is a term embracing various round-arched styles that evolved from Early Christian and Byzantine exemplars including Carolingian, Lombardic, and Ottonian architecture. Proto-Renaissance was a late-C11 style in which Antique elements were copied: examples include the baptistery, Church of San Miniato, and Santi Apostoli, Florence, and the late-C13 façades of Cività Castellana Cathedral and San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, Rome.

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Prefix denoting the early development stage of some phenomenon.

Dansk (Danish)
pref. - proto-

Français (French)
pref. - (préf) proto- (élément de mot) signifiant le premier (dans le temps, l'ordre, le statut), primitive, ancestral ou originel, le premier dans une série de composés chimiques (protoxyde)

Deutsch (German)
pref. - Proto...

Ελληνική (Greek)
pref. - πρωτο-

Español (Spanish)
pref. - proto

Svenska (Swedish)
pref. - först-, ursprungs-, minsta proportion (kem.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
最初, 原始, 原

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
pref. - 最初, 原始, 原

한국어 (Korean)
pref. - 제1, 주요한, 원시적, 최초의, 최저의' 따위의 뜻

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(بادئه الكلم- ه) بادئه تعني : أول أو بدائي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
pref. - ‮ראשון, ראשוני, מקורי, קמאי, פרימיטיבי‬

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