Meanings
adjectiveprotophenomenal (not comparable)
- not comparablehuman sciencesOf a property: not phenomenal at the individual level, but collectively able to constitute phenomenal properties.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*pér
- Proto-Indo-European*pró
- Ancient Greekπρό (pró)
- Ancient Greekπρῶτος (prôtos)
- Ancient Greekπρωτο- (prōto-)
- Englishproto-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
- Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
- Ancient Greekφαινόμενον (phainómenon)
- Late Latinphaenomenon
- Englishphenomenon
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Ancient Greekφαινόμενον (phainómenon)
- Frenchphénomène
- Frenchphénoména
- Englishphenomenal
- Englishprotophenomenal
From proto- + phenomenal.
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