English
abbreviative
From abbreviate + -ive.
A compound of abbreviate + -ive
Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ- ‘short’
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Latin abbreviō ‘to shorten’
Latin abbreviātus ‘shortened, abbreviated’
Middle English abbreviat ‘abbreviated’
Middle English abbreviaten
English abbreviate
Today it means
adj Tending to abbreviate; condensed.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / abbreviative