Where does “protolinguistic” come from?
protolinguistic (English) comes from English linguistic, from German linguistisch, from German Linguistik, from English linguistics, from English -ics, from English -ic, from English image, from French image — in.
protolinguistic (English): Relating to protolanguage or protolinguistics
Definitions
- Relating to protolanguage or protolinguistics
Ancestry of “protolinguistic”, step by step
protolinguistic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English linguistic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | linguistic | Of or relating to language; Of or relating to... |
| 2 | German | linguistisch | linguistic |
| 3 | German | Linguistik | linguistics |
| 4 | English | linguistics | The scientific study of language |
| 5 | English | -ics | Forms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or... |
| 6 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 7 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 8 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 9 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 10 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 11 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 12 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 13 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 14 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 15 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 16 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 17 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English proto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | proto | Prototypical; preceding the proper beginning of... |
| 2 | English | proto- | first; most recent common ancestor of; Relating... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πρωτο- | first, primary |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πρῶτος | first; earliest; foremost, most prominent |
| 5 | Byzantine Greek | νοτάριος | — |
| 6 | Latin | notarius | notary; clerk, secretary; writer of shorthand;... |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |