Proto-Indo-European

[ proh-toh-in-doh-yoor-uh-pee-uhn ]

/ ˈproʊ toʊˌɪn doʊˌyʊər əˈpi ən /

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noun

the unattested prehistoric parent language of the Indo-European languages; Indo-European.

adjective

of or relating to Proto-Indo-European.

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Words nearby Proto-Indo-European

Protogeometric, Proto-Germanic, protogynous, protohistory, protohuman, Proto-Indo-European, proto-Ionic, protolanguage, protolithic, protolog, protomartyr

How to use Proto-Indo-European in a sentence

There are reasons that European countries tend to avoid fluoride.
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We do see that a few European countries have them on the books: Germany, Poland, Italy, Ireland, a couple more.
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In front of this strange structure are two blank-faced, well-dressed models showing off the latest in European minimalism.
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But outside of a few European countries and Quebec, this leave is usually two weeks or less and usually unpaid.
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Those who served abroad were treated with suspicion that they had been infected by European diplomacy.
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We can readily see how this might have been, from numerous experiments made with both American and European varieties.
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European tobacco is lacking in flavor and is less powerful than the tobacco of America.
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These shipments in the past have been financed through credits drawn on European centers.
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The flower stems on the American varieties are much longer than those of European tobaccos and also larger.
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Hence it was that he found in Great Britain an implacable enemy ever stirring up against him European coalitions.
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British Dictionary definitions for Proto-Indo-European

Proto-Indo-European

noun

the prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages

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