Etymograph

English

protonymph

From proto- + nymph.

A compound of proto- + nymph

Proto-Indo-European *pér ‘through’

Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘forwards, before’

Proto-Hellenic *pró

Ancient Greek πρό ‘before’

Ancient Greek πρῶτος ‘first’

English proto-

Ancient Greek νύμφη ‘bride, young maiden’

Latin nympha ‘nymph, bride’

Old French nimphe

Middle English nimphe

English nymph

Today it means

noun The instar between larva and deutonymph.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “protonymph”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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