protology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The branch of theology pertaining to origins and first things.
  2. A text or oral history giving the origins of a people.
noun
  1. Misconstruction of proctology.

Word forms

protology protologies

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρωτολογίᾱ (prōtologíā). By surface analysis, proto- + -logy.

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