Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

protoliterate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-to-lit-er-ate
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

With written language that is in its early stages.

adj

In the early stages of learning to read and write.

adj

Of or related to the Protoliterate period.

Example Sentences

"Knowledge of a "fact" and its institutionalization in a society are quite distinct: murder, for example, was probably "discovered" in the Pliocene, but the institutionalization of murder in warfare does not seem to have occurred until the late Neolithic or the protoliterate period."

Etymology

From proto- + literate.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: proto

Inflected Forms

proto-literate (alternative)

Derived Forms

Protoliterate

Phrases

Protoliterate period

Frequently Paired Words

protoliteracy preliterate

Questions

What does protoliterate mean?: With written language that is in its early stages.
Where does protoliterate come from?: From proto- + literate.

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