prothesis
The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its…The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish esfera from Greek (via Latin) sphaera (“sphere”) (without prothesis the word would have become *sfera).
Meaning
3 senses(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish esfera from Greek (via Latin) sphaera (“sphere”) (without prothesis the word would have become *sfera).
Prothese, Prosthese
проте́заprotɛ́za
протезаprotéza
(countable, uncountable)The preparation and preliminary oblation of the Eucharistic bread and wine in the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Credence table.
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Origin
From Late Latin prothesis, prosthesis, alteration (dropping the ‘s’) from Ancient Greek πρFrom Late Latin prothesis, prosthesis, alteration (dropping the ‘s’) from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις (prósthesis, “addition, augmentation”), (English prosthesis) from προστίθημι (prostíthēmi, “to add”), from πρός (prós, “towards”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to place”), from Proto-Indo-European *próti, *préti + *dʰédʰeh₁- (“to be putting, to be placing”).
From Ancient Greek πρόθεσις (próthesis, “a preposing”), from προτίθημι (protíthēmi, “to prepose”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to place”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro- + *dʰédʰeh₁ti (“to be putting, to be placing”).
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Forms
plural: prothesesSynonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable