Etymology

brachygraphy

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Today it means: A system of writing using abbreviations or special characters; shorthand. Full definition →

French brachygraphie ← Ancient Greek βραχύς
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβραχύς“short”
  2. French · derived frombrachygraphie
  3. English todaybrachygraphy

From French brachygraphie, from Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + -γραφία (-graphía, “writing”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekβραχύς all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.