aphesis
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄφεσις (áphesis, “letting go”), from ἀφίημι (aphíēmi), from ἀπό (apó, “off”) + ἵημι (híēmi, “send forth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæf.ə.sɪs/
Noun
aphesis (countable and uncountable, plural apheses)
- (linguistics, prosody) The loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word.
- The word "scarp" is derived from "escarp" by aphesis.
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