The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπρό“before”
- English todayprophylaxis
From Latin, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”) + φύλαξις (phúlaxis, “a watching, guarding”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπρό all →
prolactinpro-prophyllprothalamion
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.