The story
- French · derived frombrévipenne
- Latin · derived frombrevis“short”
- English todaybrevipen
From Latin brevis (“short”) + penna (“wing”). Compare French brévipenne.
Words from the same roots
Latinbrevis all →
briefbrevebrevetbrevi-brevipennatebrevirostralbreviumsemibreve
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.