protocol
Meaningthe first glued (sheet)
Common meaning: formal etiquette (first: a glued-on first sheet)
- protfirst, foremostLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 707 · scan
- colglueLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 825 · scan
‘first, foremost’ + ‘glue’ → protocol
Journey through time
- prot — Greek πρῶτος “first, foremost” (path traced)
- col — Greek κόλλα “glue” (path traced)
Parts join in Latin as protocollum.
- Greekπρῶτος + κόλλα‘first, foremost + glue’
- Latinprotocollum
- Frenchprotocole
- Englishprotocol‘formal etiquette (first: a glued-on first sheet)’ · today
prot also in: protonprototypeprotagonist
col also in: collage
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek πρῶτος ‘first, foremost’ + Greek κόλλα ‘glue’.
Did you know (In late Greek…): our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry PROTOCOL, p. 472 · dictionary scan
Did you know (Greek protos, first,…): our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry πρῶτος, p. 707 · dictionary scan
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