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Webster 1913 Edition

Protocol

Pro′to-col

,
Noun.
[F.
protocole
, LL.
protocollum
, fr. Gr. [GREEK] the first leaf glued to the rolls of papyrus and the notarial documents, on which the date was written;
πρῶτοσ
the first (see
Proto-
) + [GREEK] glue.]
1.
The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument.
Burrill.
2.
The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction.
3.
(Diplomacy)
(a)
A preliminary document upon the basis of which negotiations are carried on.
(b)
A convention not formally ratified.
(c)
An agreement of diplomatists indicating the results reached by them at a particular stage of a negotiation.

Pro′to-col

,
Verb.
T.
To make a protocol of.

Pro′to-col

,
Verb.
I.
To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue protocols.
Carlyle.

Webster 1828 Edition

Protocol

PRO'TOCOL

,
Noun.
[Low L. protocollum; Gr. first, and glue; so called perhaps from the gluing together of pieces of paper, or from the spreading of it on tablets. It was formerly the upper part of a leaf of a book on which the title or name was written.]
1.
The original copy of any writing. [Not now used.]
2.
A record or registry.

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