English
protyle
Protyle comes from Ancient Greek ὕλη ‘timber, material’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὕληhúlē‘timber, material’
- Englishearliest quotation 1918protyle
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὕληhúlē‘timber, material’
- Englishearliest quotation 1918protyle
Earliest quotation: 1918, E. H. R., Abstract of Curt Schmidt: “Two principles are postulated, according to which the elements…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *swel- ‘firewood, wood, beam’
swell, swollen, methyl, ethyl, ethane, swill, phenyl, swole, isopropyl, 33 more
Today it means
noun A hypothetical base substance from which all chemical elements were believed to have been made; subatomic particles.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ὕλη / protyle