Prothesis Definition

Origin of Prothesis

• Late Latin prothesis, prosthesis, alteration from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις (prósthesis, “addition of a letter in the beginning of a word, augmentation") (English prosthesis). However, often confused for a descendant of the Ancient Greek word πρόθεσις (próthesis, “a preposing, preposition"), which is instead the source of a different term - see alternative etymology, below.

  From Wiktionary

• Greek prefixing from protithenai prothe- to put before pro- before pro–² tithenai to put dhē- in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Ancient Greek πρόθεσις (próthesis, “a preposing").

  From Wiktionary