Where does “protopilgrimage” come from?

protopilgrimage (English) comes from English pilgrimage, from Middle English pilgrimage, from Old French peligrinage, from Old French pelerinage, from Old French pelerin, from Ecclesiastical Latin pelegrinus, from Latin peregrīnus, from Latin -īnus — adjectival suffix.

protopilgrimage (English): A journey or quest that predates or approaches being a pilgrimage

Definitions

  1. A journey or quest that predates or approaches being a pilgrimage

Ancestry of “protopilgrimage”, step by step

protopilgrimage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pilgrimage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpilgrimageA journey made to a sacred place, or a religious...
2Middle Englishpilgrimagepilgrimage
3Old Frenchpeligrinage
4Old Frenchpelerinagepilgrimage
5Old Frenchpelerinpilgrim; foreigner; foreign
6Ecclesiastical Latinpelegrinus
7Latinperegrīnusforeign, alien
8Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
9Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
10Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
11Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via English proto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprotoPrototypical; preceding the proper beginning of...
2Englishproto-first; most recent common ancestor of; Relating...
3Ancient Greekπρωτο-first, primary
4Ancient Greekπρῶτοςfirst; earliest; foremost, most prominent
5Ancient Greekπρόbefore; before, in front, forth, forward; before,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanprótoward, leading to
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no-Every word from Latin -īnusEvery word from Proto-Italic -īnos