protogine

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]

protogine (countable and uncountable, plural protogines)

1. (geology) A form of granite containing silvery flakes of talc or similar minerals.

• 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.

• teporingo

protogine f (plural protogines)

1. protogine

• “protogine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

protogine

1. feminine plural of protogino