Word: protospeech
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pro
tos
peech
Definition: Simple utterances that might eventually develop into systematic speech.
Morphemes:
Affix: proto-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: most recent common ancestor (often hypothetical) of
Affix: speech
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate.