Found 2 items, similar to aphesis.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: aphesis aphesis n : the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'
English → English (gcide) Definition: Aphesis Aphesis \Aph"e*sis\, n. [Gr. ? a letting go; ? + ? to let go.] The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire. --New Eng. Dict. [1913 Webster]