Usually means: Original form or model; foundational.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. proto: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. proto-: Merriam-Webster
  3. proto-: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. proto-: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. proto-, proto-: Collins English Dictionary
  6. proto: Vocabulary.com
  7. Proto, proto, proto-: Wordnik
  8. proto-: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Proto, proto, proto-: Wiktionary
  10. proto-: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. proto-: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. proto-: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Proto-, proto, proto-: Dictionary.com
  14. proto-: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. PROTO (fusion reactor), Proto (Holly Herndon album), Proto (magazine), Proto (tools), Proto: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Proto-: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. proto-: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. Proto: Rhymezone
  19. Proto-: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. proto, proto-: MyWord.info
  21. proto, proto-: FreeDictionary.org
  22. proto: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. proto, proto, proto-: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. proto-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. proto, proto-: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. PROTO: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Proto: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Proto)

▸ adjective:  Prototypical; preceding the proper beginning of something.
▸ noun:  (informal, fashion) A prototype of a design.
▸ noun:  (furry fandom, informal) A protogen.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:
early, primitive, predecessive, primeval, protoplast, anterior, precedentary, initial, precedent, præcedent, more...

Opposite:
meta, ultra, neo, paleo

Types:
TCP, IP, UDP, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, POP, more...

Phrases:
proto oceanic, proto polynesian, proto austronesian, proto oncogene, proto indo european, more...

Adjectives:
cellular, many, such, earlier, new, late, several, greek, classical, nuclear, specific
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Similar:
early, primitive, predecessive, primeval, protoplast, anterior, precedentary, initial, precedent, præcedent, more...

Opposite:
meta, ultra, neo, paleo

Types:
TCP, IP, UDP, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, POP, more...

Phrases:
proto oceanic, proto polynesian, proto austronesian, proto oncogene, proto indo european, proto bantu, proto dravidian, proto norse, proto germanic, proto oncogenes, proto doric, proto algonquian, more...

Adjectives:
cellular, many, such, earlier, new, late, several, greek, classical, nuclear, specific



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