PROTO-

Definition: PROTO-

PROTO-

1. Sometimes used as equivalent to mono-, as indicating that the compound has but one atom of the element to the name of which it is prefixed. Also used adjectively.

2. Denoting the first or lowest of a series, or the one having the smallest amount of the element to the name of which it is prefixed; as protoxide, protochloride, etc.

3. A combining form prefix signifying first, primary, primordial; as, protomartyr, the first martyr; protomorphic, primitive in form; protoplast, a primordial organism; prototype, protozoan.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: PROTO-

Albanian (proto-), French (proto-).

Books

• Early Germanic Grammar: Pre-, Proto-, and Post-Germanic Languages (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Albanian

proto-. (various references)

Bulgarian 

прото-, пра- (primitive). (various references)

French

proto-. (various references)

Hebrew 

אב- (arche-, master-). (various references)

Pig Latin

oto-pray

Turkish

proto, ilkel (crude, elementary, embryonic, primal, primeval, primitive, primordial, rude, rudimental, rudimentary), ilk (early, elementary, first, initial, initiative, initiatory, maiden, preliminary, premier, primal, primary, prime, primitive, primordial, pristine, the very first). (various references)

protos. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: troop.

-1 letter: poor, port, root, roto, toro, trop.

-2 letters: oot, opt, ort, pot, pro, rot, too, top, tor.

-3 letters: op, or, to.

+1 letter: pronto, proton, torpor, troops, uproot.

+2 letters: comport, dropout, foretop, gosport, outcrop, outdrop, outport, outpour, overtop, partook, patroon, poofter, poorest, portico, portion, proctor, promote, pronota, protons, provost, rolltop, rooftop, stooper, taproom, taproot, topwork, torpedo, torpors, towrope, trollop, trooped, trooper, uproots.

+3 letters: boltrope, comports, copastor, copatron, doorpost, doorstep, doorstop, dropouts, dropshot, dropwort, footrope, foretops, gosports, homeport, hoopster, hornpout, impostor, isotropy, moonport, operator, orthoepy, outcrops, outdrops, outgroup, outports, outpours, outpower, overplot, overtops, parotoid, patroons, pinkroot, pliotron, pokeroot, poltroon, poofters, poortith, porosity, porthole, porticos, portions, positron, postform, postoral, postriot, potatory, proctors, promoted, promoter, promotes, pronator, pronotum, proteose, protocol, protonic, protopod, protoxid, protozoa, provosts, pteropod, pulmotor, rooftops, soapwort, sorption, stolport, stoopers, stopover, taprooms, taproots, theropod, topcross, topworks, torpedos, towropes, trapdoor, trollops, trollopy, troopers, troopial, trooping, troponin, uprootal, uprooted, uprooter, wetproof.