The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπροσθαφαίρεσις
- English todayprosthaphæresis
From Ancient Greek προσθαφαίρεσις (prosthaphaíresis), from πρόσθεν (prósthen, “before”) plus ἀφαίρεσις (aphaíresis, “taking away”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.