protocollum

Latin

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek πρωτόκολλον (prōtókollon, “first sheet glued onto a manuscript”), from πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + κόλλα (kólla, “glue”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proː.toˈkol.lum/, [proːt̪ɔˈkɔlːʲʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro.toˈkol.lum/, [prot̪oˈkɔlːum]

Noun

prōtocollum n (genitive prōtocollī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) the first sheet of a volume on which contents and errata were written

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	prōtocollum	prōtocolla
genitive	prōtocollī	prōtocollōrum
dative	prōtocollō	prōtocollīs
accusative	prōtocollum	prōtocolla
ablative	prōtocollō	prōtocollīs
vocative	prōtocollum	prōtocolla

Derived terms

• prōtocollārius

Descendants

• → Catalan: protocol
• → Middle French: protocole
  • → English: protocol
  • French: protocole
• → Italian: protocollo
• → Spanish: protocolo
• → Romanian: protocol
• → Portuguese: protocolo

References

• protocollum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)