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protowords

protowords is the plural of protoword.

Meaning of protoword

Noun

protoword (plural protowords)

  1. An early wordlike utterance produced by an infant before it has acquired a true language.
  2. A wordlike utterance produced by early people who had yet to develop full language capability; a word from a proto-language.

Questions about protowords

What is protowords the plural of?
Protowords is the plural of protoword.

Words near protowords in the dictionary

  1. protovertebrates
  2. protoviral
  3. protovirus
  4. protoviruses
  5. protoword
  6. protowords
  7. protowriting
  8. protoxid
  9. protoxide
  10. protoxides
  11. protoxidize

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