apocopation

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 See also

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[edit] Etymology

Ancient Greek ἀπό (apo), “‘from, away from’”) + κόπτω (koptō), “‘to cut’”)

[edit] Noun

apocopation (plural apocopations)

1. a word formed by removing the end of a longer word

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• abbreviation
• acronym
• contraction
• initialism
• synaeresis