Where does “abridgment” come from?
Abridgment comes from Middle French abrégement, which derives from Middle English abrygement.
abridgment (English): The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation;...
Definitions
- The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation;...
Ancestry of “abridgment”, step by step
abridgment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English abridge
| 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 |
via Middle English abrygement
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | abrygement | — |
| 2 | Middle French | abrégement | — |