protologism
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Coined by Mikhail Epstein (and adopted by the Wiktionary community) from Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prōtos, “first”) + λόγος (logos, “word”), by analogy with prototype and neologism.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
protologism (plural protologisms)
- (chiefly Wiktionary and WMF jargon) A newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common; a recently created term possibly in narrow use but not yet acknowledged.
- For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.
