Etymology

shorty

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Today it means: Something or someone that is shorter than normal. Full definition →

English short ← Middle English schort ← Old English sċort
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shorty · noun, adjective, pronoun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*skertaną
  3. Proto-Germanic*skurtaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*skurt
  5. Old Englishsċort
  6. Middle Englishschort
  7. Englishshort
  8. English todayshorty

From short + -y.

Shorty · proper noun2

Proprialisation of shorty.

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