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

  1. shortness, brevity, concision

Ancestry of “brevità”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbrevitāsshortness; narrowness
2Latinbrevisshort, small, little, narrow; brief, short;...
3Proto-Italic*breɣʷis
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰusEvery word from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis
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