Hyphenation
pro·teinTurkish pronunciation
prōtinPronunciation
/ˈprōˌtēn/ /ˈproʊˌtiːn/
Etymology
() Suggested by Berzelius in a letter to Mulder, from French protéine and German Protein from Ancient Greek πρωτεῖος (prōteios, “primary”) from πρῶτος (prōtos, “first”).New Oxford Dictionary of English