Aphesis

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæfÉ™sɪs/

Origin

From Ancient Greek ἄφεσις (áphesis, "letting go"), from ἀφίημι (aphíēmi) , from ἀπό (apó, "off") + ἵημι (híēmi, "send forth").

Full definition of aphesis

Noun

1. (linguistics, prosody) The loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word.The word "scarp" is derived from "escarp" by aphesis.

Hypernyms

• apheresis

Antonyms

• prothesis

Related terms

• aphetic
• aphetism
• aphetized

Anagrams

• saphies