Category:English aphetic forms

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Newest and oldest pages 
Newest pages ordered by last category link update:
  1. 'tism
  2. 'twixt
  3. kew
  4. 'fore
  5. 'Change
  6. low
  7. twit
  8. 'spectable
  9. prentice
  10. steem
Oldest pages ordered by last edit:
  1. 'fraid
  2. 'nuff
  3. 'er
  4. 'tween
  5. 'rents
  6. 'roo
  7. 'tute
  8. 'rithmetic
  9. Merica
  10. 'Murica

English words that underwent aphesis, meaning their origin involved a loss or omission of a sound or syllable from their beginning.