Origin: Latin suffix -ate
Abbreviate has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
An abridgment.
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
"The manuscript must be shortened"
To shorten by omitting parts or details.
Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
The word comes from the Latin abbreviatus, which means "shortened." It is built from parts meaning "away" and "short," originally referring to making something shorter in length or duration.