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proto-ancestor

proto-ancestor is the alternative form of protoancestor.

Meaning of protoancestor

Noun

protoancestor (plural protoancestors)

  1. The earliest ancestor

Synonyms of proto-ancestor

Forms of proto-ancestor

pluralproto-ancestors

Origin of proto-ancestor

From proto- + ancestor.

Questions about proto-ancestor

What is proto-ancestor the alternative form of?
Proto-ancestor is the alternative form of protoancestor.

Words near proto-ancestor in the dictionary

  1. Proto-Afroasiatic
  2. Proto-Albanian
  3. Proto-Algic
  4. Proto-Algonquian
  5. Proto-Altaic
  6. proto-ancestor
  7. proto-ancestors
  8. Proto-Armenian
  9. Proto-Atayalic
  10. Proto-Athabascan
  11. Proto-Athabaskan

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