Meanings
adjectiveprotozoological (comparative more protozoological, superlative most protozoological)
comparative more protozoological · superlative most protozoological
- Of or pertaining to protozoology
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*gʷeyh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷyéh₃-w-os
- Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ōwós
- Ancient Greekζωός (zōós)
- Ancient Greekζώῐ̈ον (zṓĭ̈on)
- Ancient Greekζῷον (zōîon)
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Englishzoology
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishzoological
- Englishprotozoological
From proto- + zoological.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French protozoologique, protistologique
- protozoologiquepertaining to protozoology
- protistologiquepertaining to protozoology
Polish protozoologiczny
- protozoologicznypertaining to protozoology
Cite this entry
APA
protozoological. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protozoological
MLA
“protozoological.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protozoological. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “protozoological,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protozoological.
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