noun🔗ShareThe 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)."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. "languagelinguisticsgrammarphoneticswordstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA type of preparatory ceremony, part of the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox Church"Before the main service begins, the priest performs the prothesis, preparing the bread and wine for the Eucharist. "religionritualtheologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
