English
concise
Concise comes from Latin concīsus ‘cut short’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂eyd-‘to cut, hew’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂éydetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaidō‘to cut, hew, fell’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaedōas caedēre‘to cut, to strike down’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcīdere‘cut to pieces’next step skipped: Latin concīdō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcīsus‘cut short’
- Englishearliest quotation 1856concise
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂eyd-‘to cut, hew’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂éydetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaidō‘to cut, hew, fell’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaedōas caedēre‘to cut, to strike down’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcīdere‘cut to pieces’next step skipped: Latin concīdō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcīsus‘cut short’
- Englishearliest quotation 1856concise
Earliest quotation: 1856, Lady Emmeline Charlotte E. Stuart Wortle, The Sweet South: “This, however, must refer solely to the length; unfortunately…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- ‘to cut, hew’
through Proto-Italic *kaidō ‘to cut, hew, fell’
through Latin caedō ‘to cut, to strike down’
decision, cement, precise, circumcision, chisel, scissor, incision, incisive, caesium, excision, incisor, 27 more
Today it means
adj Brief, yet including all important information.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- / concise