apocope

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀποκοπή
2. Late Latin · learned borrowing fromapocopē
3. English todayapocope

Learned borrowing from Late Latin apocopē, derived from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).

Words from the same roots