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Definitions for PROTO
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. proto(a)adjective

    indicating the first or earliest or original

    "`proto' is a combining form in a word like `protolanguage' that refers to the hypothetical ancestor of another language or group of languages"

Wiktionary

  1. protoadjective

    Prototypical; preceding the proper beginning of something

ChatGPT

  1. proto

    Proto is a prefix derived from the Greek word 'protos', meaning 'first', 'original', or 'primitive'. It is used to denote something that is the first of its kind, an early version or precursor of a concept or object. It is commonly used in fields such as biology (e.g. protozoa - the first/early forms of animal life), language (e.g. Proto-Indo-European - the hypothesized earliest form of the Indo-European languages), technology (e.g. prototype - the first or preliminary version of a device or vehicle), and many other areas.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PROTO

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Proto is ranked #21009 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Proto surname appeared 1,252 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Proto.

    92.7% or 1,161 total occurrences were White.
    4.7% or 59 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.1% or 14 total occurrences were Black.
    0.7% or 9 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Anagrams for PROTO »

  1. troop

  2. porto

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of PROTO in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of PROTO in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of PROTO in a Sentence

  1. Nancy Sherman:

    But the idea that Stoics don’t have emotional skin in the game is a misreading of ancient Stoicism. The Stoics were the most nuanced of early emotion theorists, detailing the layered complexity of emotional life. They describe “proto-emotions” that we feel and can’t control, and even a sage isn’t impugned for experiencing these starts and startles.

  2. Federica Sala:

    And in this particular case Mr. Proto is dressed and will sell an island in Greece to (Buffett) sooner or later.

  3. Federica Sala:

    Mr. Proto never said that Warren Buffet has bought an island in Greece. He said there was interest in offering an island to Mr. Buffett, and if the media report the news in a different way, (it) is not our responsibility.

  4. Warren Buffett:

    Until the reports started coming out I had never heard of the guy (Proto) who is making the claims about the Greek Island.

  5. Douglas Petrovich:

    On this otherwise Middle Egyptian caption were a Canaanite syllabic and the world’s oldest attested proto-consonantal letter–‘B’, depicting a house for the Hebrew consonantbayit.

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