˜yÐÄvlog

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aphetic

[ uh-fet-ik ]

adjective

Historical Linguistics.
  1. pertaining to or due to aphesis.


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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹Â·±è³ó±ð³Ùi·³¦²¹±ô·±ô²â adverb
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôa·±è³ó±ð³Ùi³¦ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of aphetic1

First recorded in 1875–80; from Greek á±è³ó±ð³Ù(´Ç²õ) “freed, discharged†( aphe- + -tos past participle suffix) + -ic; aphesis
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Example Sentences

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Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form.

From

Sewer, an attendant at table, aphetic for Old Fr. asseour, a setter, is now a very rare name.

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We have it also, via Old French, in abet, whence the aphetic bet, originally to egg on.

From

The name Cotton is sometimes from the dative plural of the same word, though, when of French origin, it represents Colon, dim. of Cot, aphetic for Jacot.

From

Bennet, an exorcist, and Collet, aphetic for acolyte.

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