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单词 protogonous
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protogonousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πρωτόγονος , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek πρωτόγονος first-born, first-created ( < πρωτο- proto- comb. form + -γονος < an ablaut variant (o -grade) of the Indo-European base of ancient Greek γίγνεσθαι to be born: see genesis n.) + -ous suffix. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (protǫ·gŏnəs) /prəʊˈtɒɡənəs/.
Obsolete. rare.
That is created or formed first; prototypical; primal.
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1847 J. W. Donaldson Vindic. Protestant Princ. 140 An obvious attempt to biographize the protogonous and archetypal man.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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