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- Ancient Greek · derived fromπρωτεῖος
- English todayproteic
Compare French protéique. Cf. protein, proteinic. From the stem of Ancient Greek πρωτεῖος (prōteîos) and the suffix -ic.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπρωτεῖος all →
protein
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