Metaplasm is a hyponym of prothesis.
In linguistics terms the difference between prothesis and metaplasm
is that prothesis is the prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in {{term|nother}}, from {{term|other}} (“a whole nother thing”), or Spanish {{term|esfera|lang=es}} from Latin {{term|sphaera||sphere|lang=la}} while metaplasm is any change in a word made by altering its letters or sounds.
prothesis
English
Etymology 1
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However, often confused for a descendant of the Ancient Greek word ), which is instead the source of a different term – see , below.
Noun
(protheses)
(linguistics) The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in (nother), from (other) (“a whole nother thing”), or Spanish esfera from Latin .
Synonyms
* prosthesis
Antonyms
* aphesis
Related terms
* prosthesis
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .
Noun
(protheses)
a type of preparatory ceremony, part of the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox Church
References
metaplasm
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(linguistics) Any change in a word made by altering its letters or sounds
(biology) A small particle (often nutrient) within a cell
Hyponyms
* (linguistics) epenthesis, paragoge, prothesis; diaeresis, aphaeresis, apocope, ellipsis, ecthlipsis, synaloepha, synaeresis, syncope, systole; metathesis; antisthecon
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