prothesis

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Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɒθəsɪs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɔθəsɪs/, /ˈpɹɑθəsɪs/

Etymology 1

From Late Latin prothesis, prosthesis, alteration (dropping the ‘s’) from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις (prósthesis, addition, augmentation), (English prosthesis) from προστίθημι (prostíthēmi, I add), from πρός (prós, towards) + τίθημι (títhēmi, I place), from Proto-Indo-European *próti, *préti + *dʰédʰeh₁- (to be putting, to be placing).

However, often confused for a descendant of the Ancient Greek word πρόθεσις (próthesis, a preposing, preposition) (without the σ (s)), which is instead the source of a different term – see alternative etymology, below.

Noun

prothesis (countable and uncountable, plural protheses)

  1. (phonology) 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).
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Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek πρόθεσις (próthesis, a preposing), from προτίθημι (protíthēmi, I prepose), from πρό (pró, before) + τίθημι (títhēmi, I place), from Proto-Indo-European *pro + *dʰédʰeh₁ti (to be putting, to be placing).

Noun

prothesis (countable and uncountable, plural protheses)

  1. (Christianity) The preparation and preliminary oblation of the Eucharistic bread and wine in the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches.
  2. (by extension) Credence table.
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References

  1. ^ Merriam-Webster: etymology of prosthesis
  2. ^ Merriam-Webster: etymology of prothesis
  3. ^ Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής, ed. Institute of Manolis Triantafyllidis (1998): "πρόθεση": etymology of Latin prothesis.

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