Definitions For Prothesis

Etymology 1

From "addition, augmentation",Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής, ed. Institute of Manolis Triantafyllidis (1998): . (English prosthesis) from προστίθημι, , I add, from πρός, , towards + τίθημι, , I place, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *próti}}, *préti + *dʰédʰeh₁-, , to be putting, to be placing. However, often confused for a descendant of the Ancient Greek word πρόθεσις, , a preposing, preposition (without the σ), which is instead the source of a different term – see #etymology 2, alternative etymology, below.

Noun

{{en-noun, protheses}} (phonology) The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish esfera from Latin sphaera, , sphere (expected form would be *sfera).

Synonyms

prosthesis

Antonyms

aphesis

Coordinate terms

paragoge epenthesis

Related terms

prosthesis

Translations

Armenian: նախահավելված Catalan: pròtesi, f Finnish: proteesi French: prothèse, f German: Prothese, f Hungarian: protézis Italian: prostesi, f Occitan: protèsi, f, prostèsi, f Persian: پیش‌هشت (pīšhašt~pīšhešt) Portuguese: prótese, f Russian: проте́за, f, tr=protɛ́za Spanish: prótesis, f

Etymology 2

From "a preposing", from προτίθημι, , I prepose, from πρό, , before + τίθημι, , I place, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *pro}} + *dʰédʰeh₁-, , to be putting, to be placing.

Noun

{{en-noun, protheses}} a type of preparatory ceremony, part of the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox Church

Anagrams

sophister, storeship