Where does “prosthetically” come from?
prosthetically (English) comes from English prosthetic, from Ancient Greek προσθετικός, from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις, from Ancient Greek προστίθημι, from Ancient Greek προσ-, from Ancient Greek πρός, from Proto-Indo-European próti.
prosthetically (English): By prosthetic means
Ancestry of “prosthetically”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | prosthetic | artificial, acting as a substitute for part of... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | προσθετικός | adding, repletive; furthering; advancing |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πρόσθεσις | application; addition of a letter to the... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | προστίθημι | to put in front of; to hand over, deliver; to... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | προσ- | motion towards, accession to, or nearness to |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πρός | forward to, toward |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | próti | — |