Pronounced: EH-puh-gram, noun
Notes: This was a borderline case for me (more tomorrow)
Yesterday’s word
The word prolegomenon is “a critical, introductory discussion, especially an introduction to a text”.
First usage
Our word came into English around 1600
Background / Comments
I don’t know if I have ever read a prolegomenon. It seems a bit specialized to drop into everyday speech. Anyway, our word came from the Greek word prolegómenon, which came from prolegein (to say beforehand), which is made up of pro- (before) and legein (to say).
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