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protology

The English word “protology” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The branch of theology pertaining to origins and first things.
  2. A text or oral history giving the origins of a people.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρωτολογίᾱ (prōtologíā). By surface analysis, proto- + -logy.

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