aphesis
/ˈæfɪsɪs/noun
mass noun
- Linguistics the gradual loss of an unstressed vowel at the beginning of a word (e.g. of e from esquire to form squire)【语言学】词首非重读元音脱落。
派生词
aphetic
/əˈfetɪk/ adjectiveaphetically
adverb词源
late 19th cent.: from Greek， literally 'letting go'， from apo 'from' + hienai 'let go， send'.