Etymology

prothalamion

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Today it means: A song or poem in honour of a bride and bridegroom about to be married. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πρό
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπρό“for”
  2. English todayprothalamion

After Prothalamion, title of a 16th-century poem by Edmund Spenser, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “for”) + thalamion, as in epithalamion.

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