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noun
The (real or idealised) version of a transmissible cultural element, such as a word, language, religion, ideology, folktale, melody, meme, etc., which is taken to be the original form from which all other versions have deviated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: protoform
Antonyms: none provided
History
From ur- (“original”) + form.
Across languages
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