proto-story en · NOUN
Etymology
From proto- + story.
Meanings
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An underlying or root story upon which many later stories are variants.
Just as Greek and Sanskrit reflect a proto-language, so do the Cypria and the Mahābhārata reflect a proto-story.
2025 December 12, Tom Hercules Davies, “Horses, Wheels, Languages: Greek, Mesopotamian and Indic Epic on the Eurasian Steppe”, in The Classical Quarterly, volume 75, number 1, page 5:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| proto-stories | Number=Plur | lexicographic |