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prostho-

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
prostho-
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

Placed before, added, at the front, at the tip, before.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις (prósthesis, “addition”), from προστίθημι (prostíthēmi, “I add”), from πρός (prós, “towards”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “I place”), from Proto-Indo-European *próti, *préti + *dʰédʰeh₁ti (“to be putting, to be placing”). By surface analysis, prosth- + -o-.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: πρόσθεσις, *próti

Inflected Forms

prosth- (alternative)

Questions

What does prostho- mean?
Placed before, added, at the front, at the tip, before.
Where does prostho- come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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