Where does “protocol” come from?

protocol (Catalan) comes from Latin prōtocollum, from Greek πρωτόκολλον, from Greek κόλλα — glue, gum; sizing, size; flour paste, starch...

protocol (Catalan): protocol

Definitions

  1. protocol

Ancestry of “protocol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinprōtocollumthe first sheet of a volume on which contents and errata were written
2Greekπρωτόκολλον—
3Greekκόλλαglue, gum; sizing, size; flour paste, starch...
Every word from Greek κόλλα →Every word from Greek πρωτόκολλον →Every word from Latin prōtocollum →