Etymology

brevet

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Today it means: A military document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily, but without an increase in pay. Full definition →

Middle English brevet ← Latin brevis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frombrevis“short”
  2. Middle English · inherited frombrevet“official letter”
  3. English todaybrevet

Inherited from the Middle English brevet (“official letter”), from the Anglo-Norman diminutive of bref (“letter”), from the Latin brevis (“short”), whence brief.

Words from the same roots

Latinbrevis all →

briefbrevebrevi-brevipenbrevipennatebrevirostralbreviumsemibreve

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