protohistory

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

proto- +‎ history

Noun[edit]

protohistory (countable and uncountable, plural protohistories)

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  1. The period between prehistory and history, during which a culture or civilization has not yet developed writing, but other cultures have already noted its existence in their own writings.