DictionaryRoot: tithenai
Greek
tithenai
put, place, set
Forms
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- thet- — Stem used in Greek forms referring to something placed.
- thes- — Stem found in Greek nouns referring to placing or a thing placed.
Origin
Reconstructed Proto-Indo-European *dheh₁-, ‘put; set.’
Note
Setting something before others became a metaphor for proposing an idea.
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noun / adjective
prosthetic
prahs-THET-ik/prɑːsˈθetɪk/
An artificial replacement for a missing body part, or relating to such a replacement.
Etymology
The pieces convey “putting to,” behind the Greek description “added or fitted to.” The medical meaning concerns an artificial part added to the body to replace something missing.