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Synthesis

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means the combination of separate ideas, elements, or substances into a coherent whole
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Stage 1 of 2
synthesis
Greek · ancient
"a putting together"
a putting together, from syn- (together) and tithenai (to place)
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Stage 2 of 2
synthesis
English · 1610s
"the combination of separate elements into a whole"
settled as the English word for combining separate elements into a whole
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