abbreviate

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 164 words | Copyright

abbreviate XV. f. pp. stem of late L. (Vulg.) abbreviāre, f. AB- or AD- + brevis BRIEF2; see -ATE3 and cf. ABRIDGE.
So abbreviation XV. — F. or late L.

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