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prostho-

prostho- prefix: placed before, added, at the front, at the tip, before.

Prefix

prostho-

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

Forms of prostho-

alternative formprosth-

Origin of prostho-

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-.

Questions about prostho-

What does prostho- mean?
Prostho- means placed before, added, at the front, at the tip, before.
What part of speech is prostho-?
Prostho- is a prefix.

Words near prostho- in the dictionary

  1. prostheticists
  2. prosthetics
  3. prosthetist
  4. prosthetists
  5. prosthion
  6. prostho-
  7. prosthodontic
  8. prosthodontics
  9. prosthodontist
  10. prosthodontists
  11. prosthogonimid

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