vitamine
/ˈvaɪtəmɪn/
noun
- An older spelling of 'vitamin,' now considered obsolete but sometimes used in historical contexts or brand names.
- Early 20th-century textbooks spelled it 'vitamine' before the spelling was standardized.
- Some old product labels still use the spelling 'vitamine'.
- The word 'vitamine' was coined by a Polish biochemist in 1912.