protolanguage
noun
pro·to·lan·guage ˈprō-tō-ˌlaŋ-gwij 
: an assumed or recorded ancestral language
Word History
First Known Use
1948, in the meaning defined above
- man of the woods
- man of the world
- man on horseback
- man on the street
- man orchid
- man pin
- man power
- man spricht Deutsch
- man to man
- man up
- man upstairs
- man's best friend
- man's capsule
- man's chance
- man's holiday
- man's lunch
- man's man
- man's motherwort
- man's sparrow
- man's-breech
- Man, Isle of
- man-about-town
- man-at-arms
- man-child
- man-com