The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀποκόπτω“cut off”
- Latin · borrowed fromapocopātus“cut off”
- English todayapocopate
From Latin apocopātus (“cut off”), from Ancient Greek ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
apocopate
Today it means: Shortened by apocope; lacking a final sound or syllable Full definition →
Latin apocopātus ← Ancient Greek ἀποκόπτω