Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

protostates

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-to-states
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A man positioned in front of an epistates in an Ancient Greek phalanx.

noun

plural of protostate

Etymology

Ancient Greek πρωτοστάτης (prōtostátēs, literally “one who stands first or in front”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: πρωτοστάτης

Inflected Forms

protostatai (plural)

Questions

What does protostates mean?: A man positioned in front of an epistates in an Ancient Greek phalanx.
Where does protostates come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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