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aphesises

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aph⋅e⋅sis

  [af-uh-sis]
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–noun Historical Linguistics.
the disappearance or loss of an unstressed initial vowel or syllable, as in the formation of the word slant from aslant.
Origin:
1880; < Gk áphesis a letting go, equiv. to aphe- (var. s. of aphiénai to let go, set free; ap- ap- 2 + hiénai to send) + -sis -sis
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