abbreviatio
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
From abbreviō (“‘shorten’”) < frequentative ad (“‘toward, to’”) + breviō (“‘shorten’”) < brevis (“‘short’”).
[edit] Noun
abbreviātiō (genitive abbreviātiōnis); f, third declension
- an abbreviation
- vocative singular of abbreviātiō