English Explanatory Dictionary

protogine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of granite containing silvery flakes of talc or similar minerals.

Word forms

protogine protogines

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.

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