parenthesis

English

/pəˈɹɛnθəsɪs/

noun
Definitions
  • A clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage which is already grammatically complete, and usually marked off with brackets, commas or dashes.
  • Either of a pair of brackets, especially round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).
  • (rhetoric) A digression; the use of such digressions.
  • (mathematics) Such brackets as used to clarify expressions by grouping those terms affected by a common operator, or to enclose the components of a vector or the elements of a matrix.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin parenthesis derived from Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parenthesis, insertion) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make), *dʰeh₁- (put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰeh₁-

Gloss

put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

哺

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