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prosthetic
Prosthetic comes from Ancient Greek προσθετικός ‘adding’, from πρόσθεσις ‘addition’, and ultimately from προστίθημι ‘I add’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπροστίθημιprostíthēmi‘I add’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπρόσθεσιςprósthesis‘addition’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπροσθετικόςprosthetikós‘adding’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900prostheticus
- Englishearliest quotation 2003prosthetic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπροστίθημιprostíthēmi‘I add’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπρόσθεσιςprósthesis‘addition’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπροσθετικόςprosthetikós‘adding’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900prostheticus
- Englishearliest quotation 2003prosthetic
Earliest quotation: 2003, Penny Delamar: “The specialist makers of prosthetics are part chemist, part…”
A compound of πρός ‘towards’ + τίθημι ‘I place’
Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘forwards, before’
Proto-Indo-European *próti ‘towards’
Ancient Greek πρός ‘towards’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to put, place’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰé-dʰeh₁-ti
Proto-Hellenic *t(e/i)tʰēmi
Ancient Greek τίθημι ‘I place’
Every English word from Ancient Greek προστίθημι
Today it means
adj Artificial, acting as a substitute for part of the body; relating to prosthesis.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek προστίθημι / prosthetic