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Where does “protocole” come from?

protocole (French) comes from Middle French protocolle, from Late Latin protocollum, from Byzantine Greek πρωτόκολλον, from Ancient Greek πρωτο-, from Ancient Greek πρῶτος, from Ancient Greek πρό, from Proto-Indo-European pró, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

protocole (French): protocol

Definitions

  1. protocol

Ancestry of “protocole”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchprotocolledocument, record
2Late Latinprotocollumthe first sheet of a volume; the first sheet of a...
3Byzantine Greekπρωτόκολλονfirst sheet glued onto a manuscript; first sheet...
4Ancient Greekπρωτο-first, primary
5Ancient Greekπρῶτοςfirst; earliest; foremost, most prominent
6Ancient Greekπρόbefore; before, in front, forth, forward; before,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanprótoward, leading to
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “protocole”

  • protocolaire
  • protocolairement
  • protocol
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