Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Abridge

is not formed from the word bridge; but comes from the Latin abbreviare, to shorten, from brevis (short), through the French abréger (to shorten).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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