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Where does “brachyology” come from?

brachyology (English) comes from Latin brachiologia, from Ancient Greek βραχύς, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.

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Ancestry of “brachyology”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbrachiologia—
2Ancient Greekβραχύςshort, brief; short, small, little; few
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- →