procope

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English

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Late Latin procopē, via Ancient Greek προκοπή (prokopḗ) from verb προκόπτω (prokóptō, to cut away in front; forward, advance), προ- (pro-, before; in front) +‎ κόπτω (kóptō, to cut).

Noun

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procope (uncountable)

  1. (phonetics, linguistics, prosody) Synonym of apheresis.

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