protosyntax
noun
1 Logic the term used by W.V.O. Quine (1908–2000) for a first-order formal theory of syntax based on the notions of concatenation of expressions and the alphabetic ordering of symbols.
2 Linguistics the hypothetical or reconstructed syntax of an early stage in the evolution of language.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in W. V. Quine (1908–2000), philosopher.
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