Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

protoword

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pro-toword
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An early wordlike utterance produced by an infant before it has acquired a true language.

noun

A wordlike utterance produced by early people who had yet to develop full language capability; a word from a proto-language.

Etymology

From proto- + word.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

protowords (plural)

Phrases

proto-language ur-word

Frequently Paired Words

proto-language ur-word

Questions

What does protoword mean?
An early wordlike utterance produced by an infant before it has acquired a true language.
Where does protoword come from?
From proto- + word.

How to pronounce protoword

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