protoform
/ˈprəʊtə(ʊ)fɔːm/Linguistics
noun
A hypothetical form of a word or part of a word from which attested words have been derived; a form reconstructed in a proto-language.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Journal African Society. From proto- + form.
- inestimable
- inestimably
- in every sense of the word
- in evidence
- inevitability
- inevitable
- inevitably
- inexact
- inexactitude
- assignable
- assignation
- assignee
- assigner
- assignment
- assignor
- (as) silent as the grave
- (as) silent (or quiet) as the grave
- assimilable
- assimilate
- assimilation
- assimilationist
- assimilative
- assimilativeness
- assimilator
- assimilatory