Etymology

protocuneiform

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Today it means: Being or relating to an early system of Sumerian writing that developed into cuneiform. Full definition →

English cuneiform ← New Latin cuneifōrmis ← French cunéiforme
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  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. Latincuneus
  9. Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)der.?
  10. Latinfōrma
  11. New Latincuneifōrmi
  12. Frenchcunéiforme
  13. New Latincuneifōrmis
  14. Englishcuneiform
  15. English todayprotocuneiform

From proto- + cuneiform.

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