Where does “abbreviation” come from?
Abbreviation comes from Middle English abbreviacioun, from Middle French abréviation, from Late Latin abbreviatio, formed from Latin ad and brevis meaning short, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus.
abbreviation (English): The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment;...
Definitions
- The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment;...
Ancestry of “abbreviation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | abbreviacioun | — |
| 2 | Middle French | abréviation | — |
| 3 | Ecclesiastical Latin | abbreviatio | an abbreviation |
| 4 | Latin | abbrevio | I shorten, abbreviate, abridge; I epitomize; I... |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |