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prosth-

prosth- prefix: placed before, added.

Prefix

prosth-

  1. Placed before, added.

Forms of prosth-

alternative formprostho-

Origin of prosth-

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”).

Questions about prosth-

What does prosth- mean?
Prosth- means placed before, added.
What part of speech is prosth-?
Prosth- is a prefix.

Words near prosth- in the dictionary

  1. prosternal
  2. prosternation
  3. prosternations
  4. prosternum
  5. prostetic
  6. prosth-
  7. prosthaphaeresis
  8. prosthaphaeretic
  9. prosthaphæreses
  10. prosthaphæresis
  11. prostheca

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