Pronounced: vuh-tih-suh-NAY-shun, noun
Notes: Another word I don’t think I’ve run across
Yesterday’s word
The word proem is “an introduction, preface, or preamble”
First usage
Our word came into English in the early 1400s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the Old French word proeme, which came from the Latin word prooemium, which came from the Greek word prooimion, which is made up of pro- (before) and oime (song).
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