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experimental

experiment (noun): an observation, test, or trial, piece of evidence or empirical proof; feat of magic or sorcery
from Old French esperment "practical knowledge, cunning; enchantment, magic spell; trial, proof, example; lesson, sign, indication
from Latin: ex "out of" + peritus "experienced, tested," from PIE *per-yo-, suffixed form of root per- "to try, risk."
experimantal (adjective): "having experience", "for the sake of experiment"

protocol

Medieval Latin protocollum "draft," literally "the first sheet of a volume"
Greek prōtokollon "first sheet glued onto a manuscript
proto-: "first, source, parent, preceding, earliest form, original, basic"
+kolla: "glue"
development of meaning: "rough draft; original copy of a treaty, etc." -> "official record of a transaction," -> "diplomatic document"