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In [[phonetics]], '''aphaeresis''' ({{pron-en|əˈfɪərɨsɪs}}, from [[Greek language|Greek]] ''apo'' away, ''hairein'' to take) is the loss of one or more sounds from the beginning of a word; especially, the loss of an unstressed vowel.
==Aphaeresis or aphesis as a historical sound change==
In historical phonetics, the term "aphaeresis" is often but not always limited to the loss of an unstressed vowel. (The OED gives this particular kind of aphaeresis the name '''aphesis''' {{IPA|/ˈæfɨsɪs/}}.)
===The loss of any sound===
*English ''[k]nife'' pronounced {{IPA|/ˈnaɪf/}}
*German ''[St]rand'' > Finnish ''ranta'' "beach"
===The loss of an unstressed vowel===
*Greek ''episkopos'' > Vulgar [[Latin]] ''[e]biscopu'' > English ''bishop''
*English ''[a]cute'' > ''cute''
*English ''[E]gyptian'' > ''Gyptian'' > ''Gypsy''
*English ''[a]mend'' > ''mend''
*English ''[e]scape'' + ''goat'' > ''scapegoat''
*Old French ''evaniss-'' > English ''vanish''
*English ''esquire'' > ''squire''
==Aphaeresis as a poetic device==
*English ''it is'' > poetic '''tis''
==Aphaeresis in informal speech==
*Spanish ''está'' > Rioplatense Spanish ''[e]tá'' > ''ta'' ("is")
==See also==
{{Wiktionary}}
* [[Syncope]]
* [[Apocope]]
* [[Elision]]
* [[List of phonetics topics]]
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