apocopation
noun/əˌpɑkəˈpeɪʃən/US/əˌpɒkəˈpeɪʃən/UK
Etymology
Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from, away from”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “to cut”)
Definitions
A word formed by removing the end of a longer word.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for apocopation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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