Science & TechnologyGreek → English
Synthesis
The combining of parts into a connected whole.
The Greek roots
σύν
sýn
together
θέσις
thésis
a placing
Literally: “a placing together”
The story of the word
Where analysis takes apart, synthesis 'places together' — the sýn prefix binds the pieces into one.
The same roots elsewhere
Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.
In a sentence
Chemistry began with the synthesis of new compounds.