Proclitic

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A proclitic is a clitic that precedes its host.

Origin

The term proclitic was apparently coined by Hermann (1801), on the analogy of enclitic.

Reference

Hermann, Johann Gottfried Jakob. 1801. De emendanda ratione Graecae Grammaticae. Leipzig.

Other languages

German Proklitikon