Where does “abridgement” come from?
Abridgement comes from Middle English abreggen, from Old French abrègement, from Latin abbreviāre meaning "to shorten," formed from the prefix ad- and a root related to Latin brevis meaning "short."
abridgement (English): Alternative form of abridgment
Definitions
- Alternative form of abridgment
Ancestry of “abridgement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | abridge | To deprive; to cut off; To debar from; To make... |
| 2 | Middle English | abreggen | To lessen; To shorten or reduce in duration or... |
| 3 | Old French | abreger | To shorten; to make shorter |
| 4 | Latin | abbreviō | to shorten, abbreviate, abridge |
| 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 |