Where does “brevedad” come from?

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

brevedad (Spanish): brevity, shortness

Definitions

  1. brevity, shortness

Ancestry of “brevedad”, 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 →
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