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Where does “abreger” come from?

abreger (Old French) comes from Latin abbreviō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

abreger (Old French): To shorten; to make shorter

Definitions

  1. To shorten; to make shorter

Ancestry of “abreger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabbreviō—
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “abreger”

  • abridge
  • abridgement
  • abridger
  • abridgable
  • abreggen
  • abregé
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