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Proto-Philippine

Proto-Philippine proper noun: a proposed common ancestor to the group of Philippine languages.

Proper noun

Proto-Philippine

  1. A proposed common ancestor to the group of Philippine languages.

Origin of Proto-Philippine

From proto- + Philippine.

Questions about Proto-Philippine

What does Proto-Philippine mean?
Proto-Philippine means a proposed common ancestor to the group of Philippine languages.
What part of speech is Proto-Philippine?
Proto-Philippine is a proper noun.

Words near Proto-Philippine in the dictionary

  1. proto-oncogenes
  2. proto-oncogenic
  3. proto-organism
  4. proto-organisms
  5. Proto-Pama-Nyungan
  6. Proto-Philippine
  7. proto-photon
  8. proto-photons
  9. proto-planetary
  10. Proto-Polynesian
  11. Proto-Polynesians

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