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Showing words for APHESIS using the English dictionary
7 Letter Words for Aphesis
aphesis
6 Letter Words for Aphesis
aspish, pashes, phases, phasis, pishes, saphie, sepias, shapes, spahis
5 Letter Words for Aphesis
aphis, apish, apses, apsis, ashes, aspis, ephas, hasps, heaps, hesps, ishes, paise, pases, pasis, passe, pesah, phase, phies, sepia, shape, shaps, sheas, shies, ships, sipes, spaes, spahi, spies, spise
4 Letter Words for Aphesis
apes, apis, apse, asps, asse, assi, epha, haes, haps, hasp, heap, heps, hesp, hies, hipe, hips, hiss, ipse, pahi, pahs, pais, pase, pash, pasi, pass, peai, peas, pehs, pesa, pess, phis, pias, pies, pisa, pise, pish, piss, psha, psia, psis, saip, sais, saps, sash, seah, seas, seis, seps, shap, shea, shes, shia, ship, sipe, sips, sise, sish, spae, spas, spie
3 Letter Words for Aphesis
aes, ahi, ahs, ais, ape, aph, ase, ash, asp, ass, eas, ehs, epa, epi, esp, ess, hae, hap, has, hei, hep, hes, hia, hie, hip, his, ihp, ihs, iph, ips, ise, ish, pah, pas, pea, peh, pes, phi, pia, pie, pis, psi, sah, sai, sap, sea, sei, sep, sha, she, shi, shp, sie, sip, sis, spa, sps, sse, ssh, ssp
Definitions for Aphesis
[1] the disappearance or loss of an unstressed initial vowel or syllable, as in the formation of the word slant from aslant.
[2] the gradual disappearance of an unstressed vowel at the beginning of a word, as in squire from esquire
Words nearby Aphesis
aphelion, apheliotropic, apheliotropism, aphemia, apheresis, aphesis, aphetic, aphid, aphid lion, aphis, aphonia
Origin of Aphesis
1880; < Greek áphesis a letting go, equivalent to aphe- (variant stem of aphiénai to let go, set free; ap- ap-2 + hiénai to send) + -sis -sis
Word origin for Aphesis
C19: from Greek, from aphienai to set free, send away