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protolinguistics

protolinguistics noun: the linguistics of protolanguages.

Noun

protolinguistics (uncountable)

  1. The linguistics of protolanguages

Origin of protolinguistics

From proto- + linguistics.

Questions about protolinguistics

What does protolinguistics mean?
Protolinguistics means the linguistics of protolanguages.
What part of speech is protolinguistics?
Protolinguistics is a noun.

Words near protolinguistics in the dictionary

  1. protolichesterinic acid
  2. protolimonoid
  3. protolimonoids
  4. protolingual
  5. protolinguistic
  6. protolinguistics
  7. protolipid
  8. protolipids
  9. protoliteracy
  10. protoliterate
  11. Protoliterate period

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