aphaeresis

English Thesaurus

1. (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' (noun.process)

hypernym	:	deletion, omission,
definition	:	any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases (noun.process)

domain category	:	linguistics,
definition	:	the scientific study of language (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	aphaeretic, apheretic,
definition	:	relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis (adj.pert)

derivation	:	aphaeretic, apheretic,
definition	:	relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis (adj.pert)