the / thes
to put, place; a placing
Greek · tithenai, thesis (τίθημι, θέσις)
Greek tithenai 'to put' and thesis 'a placing'. These words are about putting things in position: a thesis is a position put forward, synthesis puts together, hypothesis puts under (a base idea), parenthesis puts in beside.
Memory trick
A THESis is an idea you PUT on the table to defend.
Words from this root
- thesis (thesis) — position argued in a long paperशोध-प्रबंध
- theme (theme) — main idea of a workविषय-वस्तु
- hypothesis (hypo + thesis) — a tentative idea to testपरिकल्पना
- synthesis (syn + thesis) — putting parts togetherसंश्लेषण
- photosynthesis (photo + synthesis) — plants making food from lightप्रकाश संश्लेषण
- antithesis (anti + thesis) — direct oppositeविलोम, पूर्ण विपरीत
- parenthesis (par + en + thesis) — bracket inserted in a sentenceकोष्ठक
- epithet (epi + thet) — descriptive name added to a personउपाधि, विशेषण
- epenthesis (ep + en + thesis) — adding a sound inside a wordशब्द के भीतर ध्वनि जोड़ना
- apothecary (apo + thec + ary) — old word for a chemistदवा बेचने वाला
- anathema (ana + thema) — a hated thing; a curseघृणित वस्तु, श्राप