Where does “brevità” come from?
brevità (Italian) comes from Latin brevitās, from Latin brevis, from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.
brevità (Italian): shortness, brevity, concision
Definitions
- shortness, brevity, concision
Ancestry of “brevità”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | brevitās | — |
| 2 | Latin | brevis | short, small, little, narrow; brief, short;... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *breɣʷis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mréǵʰus | short; brief |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mreǵʰ- | short |