-pro

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Translingual

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Etymology

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PIE word
*pró

Abbreviation of New Latin proto-, from Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, first, firstmost), from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, before), from Proto-Hellenic *pró, from Proto-Indo-European *pró, Proto-Indo-European *per-.

Suffix

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-pro

  1. (linguistics) proto-; proto-language; used to create the language codes of proto-languages from the language codes of language families.
    itc (Italic languages) + ‎-pro → ‎itc-pro (Proto-Italic)
    ine (Indo-European languages) + ‎-pro → ‎ine-pro (Proto-Indo-European)