protosyntax
noun
1 Logic the term used by W.V.O. Quine (1908–2000) for a first-order formal theory of syntax based on the notions of concatenation of expressions and the alphabetic ordering of symbols.
2 Linguistics the hypothetical or reconstructed syntax of an early stage in the evolution of language.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in W. V. Quine (1908–2000), philosopher.
- school divinity
- school doctor
- schooldom
- schooled
- school eleven
- schooler
- school feast
- school fee
- schoolfellow
- school fellowship
- school fete
- school fish
- school French
- schoolful
- schoolgirl
- schoolgirl complexion
- schoolgirl crush
- schoolgirl English
- schoolgirl French
- schoolgirlhood
- schoolgirlish
- schoolgirlism
- schoolgirl passion
- schoolgirl tone
- schoolgirly