Category:English aphetic forms

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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. splaining
  2. 'rents
  3. 'tute
  4. 'roo
  5. 'rhoids
  6. 'rithmetic
  7. Merica
  8. 'tocks
  9. 'tween
  10. 'verse

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