Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proto-human

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables: pro-to-hu-man
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The speculative most recent common ancestor of all the world's languages, according to a monogenetic theory.

adj

Alternative form of protohuman.

noun

Alternative form of protohuman.

Inflected Forms

more proto-human (comparative) most proto-human (superlative) proto-humans (plural)

Phrases

global etymology

Frequently Paired Words

global etymology

Synonyms

Proto-Sapiens Proto-World

Questions

What does proto-human mean?: The speculative most recent common ancestor of all the world's languages, according to a monogenetic theory.

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