Where does “bref” come from?

bref (Middle English) comes from Old French brief, from Latin brevis, from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.

bref (Middle English): concise; brief; diminutive, little

Definitions

  1. concise; brief; diminutive, little

Ancestry of “bref”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbriefbrief, short in length; letter or statement
2Latinbrevisshort, small, little, narrow; brief, short;...
3Proto-Italic*breɣʷis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short

Words derived from “bref”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- →