noun Download 🔗Share The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish esfera from Latin sphaera (expected form would be *sfera). Examples : "Linguists studying the word "escuela" in Spanish note that its origin in Latin *scola displays the phenomenon of prothesis, with the addition of the /e/ sound at the beginning. " language linguistics grammar phonetics word structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A type of preparatory ceremony, part of the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox Church Examples : "Before the main service begins, the priest performs the prothesis, preparing the bread and wine for the Eucharist. " religion ritual theology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading