Where does “protocollair” come from?
protocollair (Dutch) comes from French protocolaire, from French protocole, from Middle French protocolle, from Late Latin protocollum, from Byzantine Greek πρωτόκολλον, from Ancient Greek πρωτο-, from Ancient Greek πρῶτος, from Ancient Greek πρό — passed , crossed.
protocollair (Dutch): protocollary, pertaining or according to protocol
Definitions
- protocollary, pertaining or according to protocol
Ancestry of “protocollair”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | protocolaire | protocol; formal |
| 2 | French | protocole | protocol |
| 3 | Middle French | protocolle | document, record |
| 4 | Late Latin | protocollum | the first sheet of a volume; the first sheet of a... |
| 5 | Byzantine Greek | πρωτόκολλον | first sheet glued onto a manuscript; first sheet... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πρωτο- | first, primary |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πρῶτος | first; earliest; foremost, most prominent |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πρό | before; before, in front, forth, forward; before,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |