protoplast

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπρωτο-
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromπρωτόπλαστος“first-formed”
3. Late Latin · derived fromprotoplastus
4. Middle French · derived fromprothoplaste
5. English todayprotoplast

From Middle French prothoplaste, and its source Late Latin protoplastus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πρωτόπλαστος (prōtóplastos, “first-formed”), from Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-) + πλαστός (plastós, “formed, moulded”).

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• 16th–17th c. Created first; archetypal.
• from 16th c. The first-created human; Adam.
• from 17th c. A prototype or archetype; a model.
• from 17th c. The first person in a given family, lineage etc.; an ancestor.
• from 19th c. The contents of a plant cell.