protogine
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French protogine, coined in 1806 on the basis of Ancient Greek πρωτόγονος (prōtógonos, “first-created”), with an added suffix -ine, which the author used for certain minerals.[1]
Noun
[edit]protogine (countable and uncountable, plural protogines)
Translations
[edit]form of granite
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References
[edit]- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Protogine”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Noun
[edit]protogine f (plural protogines)
Further reading
[edit]- “protogine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]protogine
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