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protohistoric

protohistoric adjective: of or pertaining to protohistory.

Adjective

protohistoric (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to protohistory.
    • "The Arab al-Arabá" (or al-Aribah, or al-Urubíyat) are the autochthones, pre-historic, proto-historic and extinct tribes.1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XII, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 112 footnote

Origin of protohistoric

From proto- + historic.

Questions about protohistoric

What does protohistoric mean?
Protohistoric means of or pertaining to protohistory.
What part of speech is protohistoric?
Protohistoric is an adjective.

Words near protohistoric in the dictionary

  1. protohemins
  2. protoheterotheca
  3. protoheterothecal
  4. protohistorian
  5. protohistorians
  6. protohistoric
  7. protohistorical
  8. protohistories
  9. protohistory
  10. protohominid
  11. protohominids

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