Where does “brevitat” come from?

brevitat (Occitan) comes from Latin brevitās, from Latin brevis, from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.

brevitat (Occitan): brevity

Definitions

  1. brevity

Ancestry of “brevitat”, 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 mréǵʰus →Every word from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis →