A preposition is a word that has a "
pre position" in a word order. That word was coined by an ancient Greek as Greek had no "
postpostitions".
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Details are left as a future topic.
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A more general term is "
adposition"
In English, a "
postposition" is not encouraged. Using a "
postposition" is something I would not think of.
The Greek prefix the ancient Greek prefix "δια" ≈ "through" is the source of English words such an "diameter".