Platin(e) [Platine, Platin]

Morpheme

Platin(e) [Platine, Platin]

Type

bound base

Denotation

precious silverish-white noncorroding ductile malleable heavy metal

Etymology

Spanish platina, from plata + -ina; probably from Vulgar Latin *plattus; Ancient Greek platýs

Evidence

carboplatin, cisplatin, diplatinum, ferronickelplatinum, heptaplatinum, iproplatin, isoferroplatinum, lobaplatin, multiplatinum, nedaplatin, nonplatinum, organoplatinum, oxaliplatin, picoplatin, platinate, platinated, platinates, platinating, platination, platinian, platinic, platiniferous, platiniridium, platinise, platinization, platinize, platinized, platinizes, platinizing, platino-, platinocyanide, platinode, platinoid, platinous, platinum, platinumed, platinuming, platinumlike, platinumsmith, postplatinum, radioplatinum, satraplatin, spiroplatin, tetraferroplatinum, tetraplatinum, triplatinum, zeniplatin

See Also

Plate, Platy