From proto- + word. <span class="searchmatch">protoword</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">protowords</span>) (linguistics) An early wordlike utterance produced by an infant before it has acquired a true language...
<span class="searchmatch">protowords</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">protoword</span>...
noise; to babble (of a child) to make gentle, wordless noises; to utter <span class="searchmatch">protowords</span> (of chickens) to make that noise which a group of chickens make when they...
German Urwort. ur-word (plural ur-words) An original or primal word; a <span class="searchmatch">protoword</span>. 1997, Fritz Buri, The Buddha-Christ As the Lord of the True Self: As...
proto- An early, primitive stage of development. protophysics, protometal, <span class="searchmatch">protoword</span> 2022 November 6, Emma Garland, “Aaron Carter was the millennium’s bubblegum...
upon words polyword portmanteau word power word procedure word, proword <span class="searchmatch">protoword</span> pseudoword purr word put in a good word put in a word put into words put...