Where does “orthesis” come from?
orthesis (English) comes from English orthopedic, from French orthopédique, from French orthopédie, from Ancient Greek παιδεία, from Ancient Greek παιδεύω, from Ancient Greek παῖς, from Proto-Hellenic pā́wits, from Proto-Indo-European péh₂wids — few, little; smallness.
orthesis (English): An orthopedic prosthesis
Definitions
- An orthopedic prosthesis
Ancestry of “orthesis”, step by step
orthesis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English orthopedic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | orthopedic | Of, or relating to orthopedics |
| 2 | French | orthopédique | orthopedic |
| 3 | French | orthopédie | orthopaedics |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | παιδεία | upbringing; training, education; youth, childhood |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | παιδεύω | I raise, bring up a child; I train, teach,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παῖς | child, son, daughter; young person, child, boy,... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | pā́wits | child |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | péh₂wids | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |
via English prothesis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prothesis | The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a... |
| 2 | Late Latin | prothesis | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πρόθεσις | setting before; a preposing, preposition; purpose |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |