English
protistic
From protist + -ic.
Formed from protist + -ic
Proto-Hellenic *pro-atos
Ancient Greek πρό ‘before’
Ancient Greek πρῶτος
Translingual Protista
English protist
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to protists.
Sources
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