Category:Middle English clippings

Middle English words that were formed from another word by removing part of it, but without changing the part of speech.

• Category:Middle English apheretic forms: Middle English words that underwent apheresis, meaning their origin involved a loss or omission of a sound or syllable from their beginning.
• Category:Middle English apocopic forms: Middle English words that underwent apocope, thus their origin involved a loss or omission of a sound or syllable(s) from their end.
• Category:Middle English syncopic forms: Middle English words that underwent syncope, thus their origin involved a loss or omission of a sound or syllable from their interior.