Meanings
comparative more protoplast · superlative most protoplast
plural protoplasts
- The first person in a given family, lineage etc.; an ancestor.First known use 17th c.
Habsburg tradition insists that the protoplast of the family was called Guntram.
2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 121
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekπρωτο-
- Ancient Greekπρωτόπλαστος“first-formed”
- Late Latinprotoplastus
- Middle Frenchprothoplaste
- Englishprotoplast
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”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Esperanto protoplasto
- protoplastocontents of a plant cell
Greek πρωτοπλάστης
- πρωτοπλάστης (protoplástis)contents of a plant cell
Irish prótaplast
- prótaplastcontents of a plant cell
Spanish protoplasto
- protoplastocontents of a plant cell
Cite this entry
protoplast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protoplast
“protoplast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protoplast. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “protoplast,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protoplast.
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