hysteron proteron

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek, from ὕστερον (hústeron, “latter, arriving late”) +‎ πρότερον (próteron, “former, before”). === Noun === hysteron proteron (plural hysteron proterons) (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which a phrase that should come last is put first; hysterology. An inversion or reversal of the natural order of things. ==== Derived terms ==== hystero-proterize ==== See also ==== put the cart before the horse