Etymology

protocone

P3R1O1T1O1C3O1N1E1

Today it means: A cusp in the corner of an upper molar tooth in mammals. Full definition →

English cone ← Middle English cone ← Medieval Latin cōnus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Ancient Greekπρό (pró)
  5. Ancient Greekπρῶτος (prôtos)
  6. Ancient Greekπρωτο- (prōto-)
  7. Englishproto-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱeh₃-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóh₃nos
  10. Ancient Greekκῶνος (kônos)
  11. Medieval Latincōnus
  12. Middle Englishcone
  13. Englishcone
  14. English todayprotocone

From proto- + cone.

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