English
protocolist
From protocol + -ist.
Formed from protocol + -ist
Byzantine Greek πρωτόκολλον ‘first sheet glued onto a manuscript’
Late Latin protocollum ‘the first sheet of a volume’
Middle French protocolle ‘document, record’
English protocol
Today it means
noun Someone who prepares or writes protocols.
Sources
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Etymograph / protocolist