Etymology

protograph

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Today it means: The original manuscript of a given text, from which all further copies derive. Full definition →

Latin protographum
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protograph · noun1

  1. Latin · borrowed fromprotographum
  2. English todayprotograph

Borrowed from Latin protographum.

protograph · noun2

From proto- + graph.

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