proto-afroasiatic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Afroasiatic languages.
adj
Of or pertaining to the Proto-Afroasiatic language, or the people who spoke it.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- Latin Āfrī Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English Afro- Ancient Greek Ἀσίᾱ (Asíā) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek Ἀσῐᾱτῐκός (Asĭātĭkós)der. Latin āsiāticuslbor. English Asiatic English Afroasiatic English Proto-Afroasiatic From proto- + Afroasiatic.