Etymology

apocopation

apoc·o·pa·tion
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Today it means: A word formed by removing the end of a longer word. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀπό
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀπό“from, away from”
  2. English todayapocopation

Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from, away from”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “to cut”)

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἀπό all →

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