procope

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin procopē, via Ancient Greek προκοπή (prokopḗ) from verb προκόπτω (prokóptō, “to cut away in front; forward, advance”), προ- (pro-, “before; in front”) +‎ κόπτω (kóptō, “to cut”).

Noun

procope (uncountable)

  1. (phonetics, linguistics, prosody) Synonym of apheresis.

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