Where does “abrégé” come from?
abrégé (French) comes from French abréger, from Old French abregier, from Latin abbreviō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
abrégé (French): A summarized synopsis or précis of a longer work;...
Definitions
- A summarized synopsis or précis of a longer work;...
Ancestry of “abrégé”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | abréger | to shorten in duration; to shorten or summarize,... |
| 2 | Old French | abregier | — |
| 3 | Latin | abbreviō | — |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “abrégé”