Where does “abbreviationitis” come from?
abbreviationitis (English) comes from English Abbreviation, from Middle English abbreviacioun, from Middle French abréviation, from Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviatio, from Latin abbrevio, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
abbreviationitis (English): The excessive use of abbreviations
Definitions
- The excessive use of abbreviations
Ancestry of “abbreviationitis”, step by step
abbreviationitis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Abbreviation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Abbreviation | The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment |
| 2 | Middle English | abbreviacioun | — |
| 3 | Middle French | abréviation | — |
| 4 | Ecclesiastical Latin | abbreviatio | an abbreviation |
| 5 | Latin | abbrevio | I shorten, abbreviate, abridge; I epitomize; I... |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |