brevier

The story

1. Latin · derived frombreviārium“breviary”
2. Anglo-Norman · derived from*brevier
3. English todaybrevier

Probably from Old French or Anglo-Norman *brevier, from Latin breviārium (“breviary”), presumably from its use in printing them, hence a doublet of breviary and brimborion. Most breviaries were not, however, printed with such small type, leading some to conjecture that it instead derived from cognates of brief and has a meaning similar to French petit and German Petit.

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