Definition
Definition of proto - Reverso English Dictionary
Adjective
1.
originalTECH. first in time or developmentTECH.
- The proto stages of the project were chaotic..
2.
designTECH. serving as an early model or prototypeTECH.
- This is a proto version of the software.
Expressions with proto
💡 Discover popular phrases, idioms, collocations, or phrasal verbs. Click any expression to learn more, listen to its pronunciation, or save it to your favorites.
beliefs or movements that came before and influenced fascism
Some historians study proto-fascism in early 20th-century Europe.
early movements leading to the Protestant Reformation
The proto-Reformation set the stage for major religious changes.
political group with some features of a country, not fully recognized
The region declared itself a proto-state after the conflict.
normal gene that can become cancer-causing if mutated
A proto-oncogene can turn into an oncogene if mutated.
Origin of proto
Greek, protos (first)
Terms with proto included in their meaning
💡 A powerful way to uncover related words, idioms, and expressions linked by the same idea — and explore meaning beyond exact word matches.
historical linguistics
principle describing consonant shifts in Proto-Germanic
proto-language
pertaining to Proto-Indo-European language
speech heritage
Indo-Iranian subgroup tracing back to Proto-Iranian tongues
acr: Proto-Indo-European
ancient language that is the root of many languages
proto-language
ancient language from which these languages developed
linguistics
sound law explaining voicing of fricatives in Proto-Germanic
ethnolinguistic group
member of the original group speaking Proto-Yeniseian
linguistics
Indo-European or Proto-Indo-European
ethnic group
descendant of proto-Tai language speakers
Examples of proto in a sentence
In its proto form, the theory was not widely accepted. The proto design was approved for further development. They presented a proto model at the exhibition.
View all translations of proto
Click below to see the appropriate translations facing each meaning.
- French:initial, ...
- German:proto, prototypisch, ...
- Italian:iniziale, sperimentale, ...
- Spanish:inicial, preliminar, ...
- Portuguese:inicial, ...
- Chinese:原始的, 原型的, ...
- Japanese:最初の, 試作の, ...
- Arabic:أَوَّلِي, تَجْرِيبِي, ...
- Hebrew:רִאשׁוֹנִי, מוּקְדָּם, ...
- Russian:первоначальный, прото, ...
- Ukrainian:первинний, ...
- Hindi:प्रारंभिक, प्रारंभिक मॉडल, ...
icon to discover related terms: analogies, antonyms, common collocates, words with same roots, umbrella terms… Try with happening or hunch.
icon next to the first example to see two additional options and learn to use new vocabulary naturally.
icon to save words you want to revisit. You can also save a specific meaning by clicking on the