Where does “protoplast” come from?
protoplast (English) comes from French protoplaste, from Middle French prothoplaste, from Latin protoplastus, from Ancient Greek πρωτόπλαστος, from Ancient Greek πρωτο-, from Ancient Greek πρῶτος, from Ancient Greek πρό, from Proto-Indo-European pró — passed , crossed.
protoplast (English): Created first; archetypal; The first-created...
Definitions
- Created first; archetypal; The first-created...
Ancestry of “protoplast”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | protoplaste | — |
| 2 | Middle French | prothoplaste | — |
| 3 | Latin | protoplastus | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πρωτόπλαστος | first-formed |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πρωτο- | first, primary |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πρῶτος | first; earliest; foremost, most prominent |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πρό | before; before, in front, forth, forward; before,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |