Where does “brefvet” come from?

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

brefvet (Middle French): a small, written note

Definitions

  1. a small, written note

Ancestry of “brefvet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbrevet—
2Old FrenchbrefAlternative form of brief; letter
3Latinbrevisshort, small, little, narrow; brief, short;...
4Proto-Italic*breɣʷis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus →Every word from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis →