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protocuneiform

protocuneiform adjective: being or relating to an early system of Sumerian writing that developed into cuneiform.

Adjective

protocuneiform (not comparable)

  1. Being or relating to an early system of Sumerian writing that developed into cuneiform.

Forms of protocuneiform

alternative formproto-cuneiform

Origin of protocuneiform

From proto- + cuneiform.

Questions about protocuneiform

What does protocuneiform mean?
Protocuneiform means being or relating to an early system of Sumerian writing that developed into cuneiform.
What part of speech is protocuneiform?
Protocuneiform is an adjective.

Words near protocuneiform in the dictionary

  1. protoctistan
  2. protoctistans
  3. protoctists
  4. protoculture
  5. protocultures
  6. protocuneiform
  7. protocyanide
  8. protocyanides
  9. protocycloceratid
  10. protocycloceratids
  11. protodeacon

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