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protoplast.

Created first; archetypal.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈpɹəʊ.təˌplæst/Received-Pronunciation/-ˌplast/Received-Pronunciation/ˈpɹoʊ.təˌplæst/Canada, General-American/ˈpɹəʉ.təˌplæst/Australia
  1. Created first; archetypal.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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”).

noun/ˈpɹəʊ.təˌplæst/Received-Pronunciation/-ˌplast/Received-Pronunciation/ˈpɹoʊ.təˌplæst/Canada, General-American/ˈpɹəʉ.təˌplæst/Australia
  1. The first-created human; Adam.

  2. A prototype or archetype; a model.

    rare
  3. The first person in a given family, lineage etc.; an ancestor.

  4. The contents of a plant cell.

Where this word comes from

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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