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prothetic

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English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek προθετικός (prothetikós).[1]

Adjective

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prothetic (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics) of, relating to, or involving prothesis
  2. (phonology, of an instance of a phoneme) attached to the beginning of a word

Translations

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References

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  1. ^ “prothetic, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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