Protohuman
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or resembling extinct hominid populations that had some but not all the features of modern Homo sapiens.
noun
2.
a protohuman animal.
noun
1.
any of various prehistoric primates that resembled modern man
adjective
2.
of or relating to any of these primates
protohuman
(prō’tō-hy’mən)
Any of various extinct hominids or other extinct primates that were primitive predecessors or ancestors of humans.
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[proh-toh-in-doh-yoo r-uh-pee-uh n] /ˈproʊ toʊˌɪn doʊˌyʊər əˈpi ən/ noun 1. the unattested prehistoric parent language of the Indo-European languages; Indo-European. adjective 2. of or relating to Proto-Indo-European. Proto-Indo-European noun 1. the prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages
- Proto-industrial
adjective pertaining to the time just preceding industrialization Examples Proto-industrialization was marked by the increasing involvement of agrarian families in market-oriented craft production. Word Origin 1955 Usage Note also proto-industrialization , (n.)
- Proto-industrialization
noun See proto-industrial
- Proto-Ionic
adjective 1. of or relating to architecture supposedly anticipating the Grecian Ionic order.
- Protolanguage
[proh-toh-lang-gwij] /ˈproʊ toʊˌlæŋ gwɪdʒ/ noun, Linguistics. 1. the reconstructed or postulated parent form of a language or a group of related languages. protolanguage /ˌprəʊtəʊˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/ noun 1. an extinct and unrecorded language reconstructed by comparison of its recorded or living descendants Also called Ursprache