aphesis
noun/ˈæ.fə.sɪs/
Etymology Attested since 1880. Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄφεσις (áphesis, “letting go”), from ἀφίημι (aphíēmi), from ἀπο- (apo-, “off”) + ἵημι (híēmi, “send forth”).
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Prosody, Sciences Rhetoric The loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word.
- The word "scarp" is derived from "escarp" by aphesis.