Usually means: Original, basic form of word.
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  1. protoform: Wordnik
  2. protoform: Wiktionary
  3. protoform: Dictionary.com
  4. Protoform: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (protoform)

noun:  Synonym of urform (“basic or original form”)
noun:  (linguistics) A hypothetical form of a word, reconstructed from derived words.

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