abbreviateyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[abbreviate 词源字典]
abbreviate: see brief
[abbreviate etymology, abbreviate origin, 英语词源]
breviaryyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
breviary: see brief
brevityyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
brevity: see brief
abbreviate (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
mid-15c., from Latin abbreviatus, past participle of abbreviare "to shorten" (see abbreviation). Also sometimes 15c. abbrevy, from Middle French abrevier (14c.), from Latin abbreviare. Related: Abbreviated; abbreviating.
abbreviation (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
mid-15c., from Middle French abréviation (15c.), from Late Latin abbreviationem (nominative abbreviatio), noun of action from past participle stem of abbreviare "shorten, make brief," from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + breviare "shorten," from brevis "short, low, little, shallow" (see brief (adj.)).
breve (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
mid-15c., musical notation indicating two whole notes, from Latin breve (adj.) "short" in space or time (see brief (adj.)). The grammatical curved line placed over a vowel to indicate "shortness" (1540s) is from the same source.
brevet (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
mid-14c., from Old French brievet "letter, note, piece of paper; papal indulgence" (13c.), diminutive of bref "letter, note" (see brief (adj.)). Army sense is from 1680s.
brevet (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1839, from French breveter, from brevet (see brevet (n.)). Related: Breveted; breveting.
breviary (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1540s, "brief statement;" sense of "short prayer book used by Catholic priests" is from 1610s, from Latin breviarium "summary," noun use of neuter of adjective breviarius "abridged," from breviare "to shorten, abbreviate," from brevis "short" (see brief (adj.)).
brevity (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
c. 1500, from Latin brevitatem (nominative brevitas) "shortness" in space or time, from brevis "short" (see brief (adj.)).
peroneus brevisyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
"A muscle of the lateral side of the leg that arises from the fibula, inserts on to the fifth metatarsal bone, and acts to evert the foot", Early 18th cent.; earliest use found in James Drake (d. 1707), political and medical writer. From scientific Latin peroneus brevis from post-classical Latin peroneus + classical Latin brevis short.