prologetic
Occurring in or serving as a prologueOccurring in or serving as a prologue.
/pɹɒləˈd͡ʒiːtɪk/
Значення
значень: 1(без ступенів порівняння, рідковживане)Occurring in or serving as a prologue.
Походження
Probably either from the Latin prologēticus or formed in English as prologue + -etic, in bProbably either from the Latin prologēticus or formed in English as prologue + -etic, in both cases resembling a hypothetical Ancient Greek etymon of the form *προλογητικός (prologētikós), from πρόλογος (prólogos, “prologue”) + -ητικός (-ētikós, “-etic”), a formation akin to the extant words ἀναλογητικός (analogētikós, “analogetic”) (from ἀνάλογος (análogos), whence analogue), ἀπολογητικός (apologētikós, “apologetic”) (from ἀπόλογος (apólogos), whence apologue), and ὁμολογητικός (homologētikós, “homologetic”) (from ὁμόλογος (homólogos), whence homologue).
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