The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπρώτη ὕλη“fundamental undifferentiated matter”
- English todayprotomatter
From proto- + matter, partially as a calque of Ancient Greek πρώτη ὕλη (prṓtē húlē, “fundamental undifferentiated matter”) in Aristotle.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.