proto-Doric

[proh-toh-dawr-ik, -dor-]

adjective

1. of or relating to architecture, as in certain Egyptian tombs, supposedly anticipating the Grecian Doric order.

Word History and Origins

Origin of proto-Doric¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

The "proto-Doric" column continued in favor under the New Empire, though apparently not later; we find it, for example, in some of the outlying buildings at Karnak.

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Such polygonal pillars as these are commonly called proto-Doric columns.

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