protohistoric

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adjective

Of or pertaining to protohistory.

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Meanings

adjectiveprotohistoric (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to protohistory.

    "The Arab al-Arabá" (or al-Aribah, or al-Urubíyat) are the autochthones, pre-historic, proto-historic and extinct tribes.

    1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XII, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 112 footnote

Origin

From proto- + historic.

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protohistoric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protohistoric

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Chicago

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