protogine

English

Etymology

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.

Noun

protogine (countable and uncountable, plural protogines)

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

Translations

form of granite

• Italian: protogino m

Anagrams

• teporingo

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

French

Noun

protogine f (plural protogines)

1. protogine

Further reading

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

Italian

Adjective

protogine

1. feminine plural of protogino