Proto-Indo-European

*mréǵʰus

‘short’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus.

42 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus, most familiar first.

• brief ← breef ← brevis ← *breɣʷis
• briefly ← brevely ← bref ← brieve ← brief
• brass ← braça ← braça ← brachia ← bracchium
• bra ← brassière ← braciere ← brace ← bracchia
• merry ← myrie ← myrġe ← *murgī ← *murguz
• brace ← bracchia ← bracchium ← βρᾰχῑ́ων ← βρᾰχῠ́ς
• bracelet ← bras ← brachium ← βραχίων ← βρᾰχῠ́ς
• pretzel ← Brezel ← brēzel ← brēzitella ← *brāchiātellus
• brevity ← brevitās ← brevis ← *breɣʷis
• brachial ← bracchialis ← bracchium ← βρᾰχῑ́ων ← βρᾰχῠ́ς
• abbreviate ← abbreviaten ← abbreviat ← abbreviātus ← abbreviō
• brassard ← bras ← bras ← bras ← brachium

More words from *mréǵʰus

• abridge
• borzoi
• bracero
• brume
• abrazo
• braccio
• miry
• brachialis
• abbreviature
• abrachia
• brezel
• breviate
• brachiate
• braza
• brachyology
• brimborion
• brachium
• brachylogy
• brevium
• brevier
• brachygraphy
• brachiologia
• brachiolaria
• brachysm
• brachelytrous
• brifka
• hexabrachion
• semibrevis
• tribrach
• unmerry

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus