Word: protohellenic
Part of speech: Proper noun
Syllables: pro
to
he
lle
nic
Definition: Proper noun~ Proto-Greek
Morphemes:
Affix: proto-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: most recent common ancestor (often hypothetical) of
Affix: Hellen
Language: en
PoS: Proper noun
Meaning: Proper noun~ the mythological patriarch of the Hellenes, the son of Deucalion (or sometimes Zeus) and Pyrrha, brother of Amphictyon and father of Aeolus, Xuthus, and Dorus
Etymology Compounds: Affix: Ἕλλην
Language: grc
Decoded: Ellen
PoS: Proper noun
Meaning: Proper noun~ Hellen, the mythical patriarch of the Greeks.
Affix: -ic
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -icus
Language: la
Decoded: -icus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: belonging to