fused with the original name. In the Cretan dialect, the se- prefix was also found in common nouns, such as secambo or tsecambo < se- + cambo 'a plain'. Examples: Prefix "stan" < στήν 'at', 'to' Istanbul or Stamboul and Stimpoli, Crete, from "" , 'in the city' or 'to the city' İstanköy, Stanco for the island of Kos Standia for the island of Dia Prefix "s-" < σε 'at' Satines for Athines (Athens), etc. Samsun (s'Amison from "se" and "Amisos") Sdille for Delos Susam for Samos Samastro for Amasra (Greek Amastris) Sitia. Stamiro (?) Stalimure (?) Prefix 'is' < εις 'at', 'to' İzmit from Media, with earlier İznikmit from Nicomedia İzmir from Smyrna İznik from Nicaea () Other Navarino for earlier Avarino See also Apheresis Apocope Back-formation Clipping Eggcorn Juncture Mondegreen Scunthorpe problem Synalepha Synaeresis Syncope Univerbation Notes References Etymology: Hendrickson, Robert. QPB Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1998. Reece, Steve. Homer's Winged Words: The Evolution of Early Greek Epic Diction in the Light of Oral Theory. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2009. [This book is concerned primarily with junctural metanalysis in ancient Greek, but it includes a chapter on Middle English, and it catalogues examples in many other languages: Sanskrit, Tocharian, Old Church Slavic, Latin, Frankish, Venetian, Turkish, Italian, French, Spanish, Haitian, German, Dutch, Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, and Arabic.] Dictionaries: DeVinne, Pamela B. The Tormont Webster's Illustrated Encyclopedic Dictionary. Boston: Tormont Publications, Inc., 1982. Pickett, Joseph P. The American Heritage dictionary of the English language.—4th ed. New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000. [also: * Morris, William. The American Heritage dictionary of the English language.—new college ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1976. [also: "New College Ed.", ed. William Morris. 1976] Vizetelly, Frank H. Funk & Wagnalls Practical Standard Dictionary of the English Language New York: Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1931. Webster, Noah. American Dictionary of the English Language. New Haven: S. Converse, 1828. Etymology Linguistic morphology Historical linguistics Semantics