Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proto-celtic

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: pro-to-celtic
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The putative ancestor of all the known Celtic languages.

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- English Celtic English Proto-Celtic From proto- + Celtic.

Inflected Forms

PCelt. (alternative, abbreviation)

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Proto-Celtic terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Proto-Celtic terms

Synonyms

Common Celtic

Questions

What does proto-celtic mean?: The putative ancestor of all the known Celtic languages.
Where does proto-celtic come from?: 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- English Celtic English Proto-Celtic From proto- + Celtic.

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