-cene

1.
variant of ceno-1. as final element of a compound word:
Pleistocene.
British Dictionary definitions for -cene

-cene

combining form, combining form
1.
denoting a recent geological period: Miocene
Word Origin
from Greek kainos new
Word Origin and History for -cene

word-forming element in geology, introduced by Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875), from Greek kainos "new," cognate with Latin recens (see recent).