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parenthesis

n.
US //pɝˈɛnθəsɪs// UK //pəɹˈɛnθəsˌɪs// paren·the·sis
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Origin

Learned borrowing from Late Latin parenthesis (“addition of a letter to a syllable in a word”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parénthesis, “insertion”). By surface analysis, par- + en- + thesis.

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