Where does “abreviar” come from?
abreviar (Ido) comes from English abbreviate, from Middle English abbreviaten, from Latin abbreviātus, from Latin abbreviō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
abreviar (Ido): to abbreviate; to abridge; to curtail
Definitions
- to abbreviate; to abridge; to curtail
Ancestry of “abreviar”, step by step
abreviar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English abbreviate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | abbreviate | To shorten by omitting parts or details; To speak... |
| 2 | Middle English | abbreviaten | — |
| 3 | Latin | abbreviātus | shortened, abbreviated |
| 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 French abréviation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | abréviation | abbreviation |
| 2 | Latin | abbreviātiō | abridgment, abbreviation, shortening |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Russian аббревиатура
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | аббревиатура | abbreviation |
| 2 | Italian | abbreviatura | initialism |
| 3 | Latin | abbreviatura | abbreviature, abbreviation; nominative feminine... |
| 4 | Latin | -tūra | ing, -ure, -work |