A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory part of a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audience for the main subject; the opening part of an oration
exordium
Silbentrennung
ex·or·di·um
Aussprache
Etymologie
() From Latin exōrdium (“beginning, commencement”), from exōrdior (“I begin, commence”), from ex (“out of, from”) + ōrdior (“I begin”).