apocope

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: a=poc=o=pe

CIDE DICTIONARY

apocope, n. [L., fr. Gr. a cutting off, fr. to cut off; from + to cut.].

•  The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.  [1913 Webster]
•  A cutting off; abscission.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

apocope, n. the omission of a letter or letters at the end of a word as a morphological development (e.g. in the derivation of curio).

Etymology

LL f. Gk apokope (as APO-, kopto cut)