protheses

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A form of prothesis — The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish esfera from Greek (via Latin) sphaera (“sphere”) (without prothesis the word would have become *sfera).

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of prothesis
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APA

protheses. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protheses

MLA

“protheses.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protheses. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “protheses,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protheses.

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