aphesis (iou)

aphesis noun. . L19.
[Greek = letting go, from aphienai, from AP-2 + hienai let go, send.]
Aphaeresis; spec. the loss of an unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word (e.g. of e from esquire to form squire).
a'phetic adjective pertaining to or resulting from aphesis L19.
a'phetically adverb L19.
aphetism noun (a word formed by) aphesis L19.
aphetize verb trans. shorten by aphesis L19.