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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1541|origins=grc πρωτόκολλον}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈpɹəʊtəˌkɒl/ ''(UK)''; /ˈpɹoʊtəˌkɑl/, /ˈpɹoʊtəˌkɔl/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is earlier prothogall, prothocoll, [[bor|frm|prothocole|t=draft of a document, register]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from Medieval Latin protocollum, from Late Greek [[m|grc|πρωτόκολλον|tr=prōtókollon|t=the first sheet glued to a manuscript]], from [[m|grc|πρῶτος|tr=prôtos|t=first]] and [[m|grc|κόλλα|tr=kólla|t=glue]], a word of uncertain origin.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The original note or minute of a transaction: 1541 in the OED and Barnhart, the 1540s in Etymonline; the forms prothogall and prothocoll are from Scotland.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) Etymonline records prothogol, a prologue, from the mid-15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Medieval Latin and French the sense developed from a rough draft or original copy of a treaty to an official record, a diplomatic document, and finally, in French, a formula of diplomatic etiquette.^(Etymonline) The original draft of a diplomatic document is from 1697 in English,^(OED 1989) and the etiquette of precedence from the 19th century (by 1896).^(Hoad 1986)^(Etymonline) The general sense of conventional proper conduct is recorded from 1952.^(Etymonline) In computing, a set of rules governing data exchange, and in science, a plan for an experiment or treatment, are later senses.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * mid-15th century – a prologue.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1541 – the minute of a transaction.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1697 – a diplomatic draft.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1896 – diplomatic etiquette.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1952 – proper conduct generally.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The accepted code of behaviour in a particular situation.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The original draft of a diplomatic document, especially of a treaty.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(computing)'' A set of rules governing the exchange of data between devices.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A formal plan for a scientific experiment or medical treatment.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[protocolar]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[prot-]]

+ * [[proto-]]

+ * [[prototype]]

+ * [[collage]]

+ * [[colloid]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}