Where does “breviātus” come from?
breviātus (Latin) comes from Latin breviō, from Latin brevis, from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.
Ancestry of “breviātus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | breviō | — |
| 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 |