Where does “imbreviare” come from?

imbreviare (Italian) comes from Italian im-, from Italian in-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

imbreviare (Italian): to shorten, to abbreviate, to abridge

Definitions

  1. to shorten, to abbreviate, to abridge

Ancestry of “imbreviare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianim-Alternative form of in-; into, in
2Italianin-un-; in-; a-
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →