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I suggest merging this article with apocopation, which seems to describe exactly the same thing. Please discuss at Talk:Apocopation. - Pgan002 05:55, 26 January 2006 (UTC) reply

Should this not also be merged with clipping (lexicography)? -- SigPig 04:14, 7 July 2006 (UTC) reply

Does apocopation include words which are pronounced (but not spelled) the same as the parent? Is "hi" an apocopation for "high" or just an abbreviation?

Boris B 21:05, 2 August 2006 (UTC) reply

I'm pretty sure that "morning" was derived from "morrow" and "morn", which came first, in the pattern of "evening". The Old English was "morgen."-- Jr mints 21:42, 4 March 2007 (UTC) reply

In Latin lup[us] the um is not really lost, it is replaced by le or la. I think, theses are bad exmples. Article (grammar) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.56.156.165 ( talk) 11:52, 23 April 2010 (UTC) reply

There are exceptions, like "sac," "oeuf," "sel," "ir" verbs and "fils." (Words ending in c, f, l and r are often exceptions, but there are exceptions to the exceptions (e.g., "estomac," "clef," and "er" verbs). I've changed this to "the final consonant of most words.) Kostaki mou ( talk) 21:42, 23 April 2020 (UTC) reply