aphaeresis

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noun

(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in 'coon' for 'raccoon' or 'till' for 'until'
• Syn:
apheresis
• Derivationally related forms:
apheretic (for: apheresis), aphaeretic
• Topics:
linguistics
• Hypernyms:
omission, deletion