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prothesis (n.)
from Greek
prothesis
"a placing before, a placing in public," from
pro
(see
pro-
) +
thesis
(see
thesis
). In ecclesiastical sense from 1670s; grammatical from 1870. Related:
Prothetic
(1835 in grammar);
prothetical
;
prothetically
.
