Where does “abridge” come from?
Abridge comes from Middle English abreggen, from Old French abreger, from Latin abbrevio, formed from the prefix ad- and Latin brevis meaning short, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to and short.
abridge (English): To deprive; to cut off; To debar from; To make...
Definitions
- To deprive; to cut off; To debar from; To make...
Ancestry of “abridge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | abreggen | To lessen; To shorten or reduce in duration or... |
| 2 | Old French | abreger | To shorten; to make shorter |
| 3 | Latin | abbreviō | to shorten, abbreviate, abridge |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |