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enyata [817]
4 years ago
7

Why is “abbreviated” such a long word?

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1 answer:
allsm [11]4 years ago
8 0

Answer:

Because it started with a fairly short word, brevio, Latin for "short". Then a prefix was added, ab-, to indicate "motion towards" (cognate to "at"). Then the suffix -ated was added to indicate the verb in the past participle form.

Explanation:

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