Protohistoryとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From proto- +‎ history.

名詞

protohistory (countable and uncountable, plural protohistories)

1. (archaeology, history) 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.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page ii:

     And at all times, now as in proto-history, the membrum virile is the symbol of creation, the ultimate basis and source of life.