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proscenium

The origin and history of proscenium.

Etymology

Traceable to Latin proscaenium ("in front of the scenery"), which came from Ancient Greek προσκήνιον (proskḗnion), built from πρό (pró, "before") and σκηνή (skēnḗ, "scene building").

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