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- Ancient Greek · derived fromπροσθαφαίρεσις
- English todayprosthaphaeresis
From Ancient Greek προσθαφαίρεσις (prosthaphaíresis), from πρόσθεν (prósthen, “before”) plus ἀφαίρεσις (aphaíresis, “taking away”).
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