prologue
noun/ˈprəʊlɒɡ/
/ˈprəʊlɔːɡ/
- a speech, etc. at the beginning of a play, book or film that introduces it
- the Prologue to Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales’
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek prologos, from pro- ‘before’ + logos ‘saying’.
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