Where does “protezo” come from?

protezo (Esperanto) comes from Polish proteza, from French prothèse, from Latin prothesis, from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις, from Ancient Greek προστίθημι, from Ancient Greek προσ-, from Ancient Greek πρός, from Proto-Indo-European próti — towards.

protezo (Esperanto): prosthesis, prosthetic body part

Definitions

  1. prosthesis, prosthetic body part

Ancestry of “protezo”, step by step

protezo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish proteza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishprotezaprosthesis
2Frenchprothèseprosthesis; prothesis
3Latinprothesisprothesis
4Ancient Greekπρόσθεσιςapplication; addition of a letter to the...
5Ancient Greekπροστίθημιto put in front of; to hand over, deliver; to...
6Ancient Greekπροσ-motion towards, accession to, or nearness to
7Ancient Greekπρόςforward to, toward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanprótitowards

via German Prothese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanProtheseprosthesis; prosthesis, prothesis
Every word from Proto-Indo-European prótiEvery word from Ancient Greek πρόςEvery word from Ancient Greek προσ-