Latin

brevis

‘short, small, little, narrow’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin brevis.

18 English words in this record descend from Latin brevis, most familiar first.

• brief ← breef
• briefly ← brevely ← bref ← brieve ← brief
• brevity ← brevitās
• brevet ← bref ← brieve ← brief
• abbreviate ← abbreviaten ← abbreviat ← abbreviātus ← abbreviō
• breve ← brieve
• breviary ← breviārium
• abridge ← abreggen ← abregier ← abbrevio ← breviō
• brume ← brūma
• abbreviature ← abbreviātūra ← abbreviō ← breviō
• breviate ← breviātum ← breviō
• brimborion ← borbotorion ← breviārium

More words from brevis

• brevipennate
• brevirostral
• brevium
• brevier
• brifka
• semibrevis

Etymograph / Latin brevis