ENGLISH ROOT WORD: short "short." from Old English sceort, scort, sceortian

【short】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "sceort," "scort," and "sceortian." It carries the basic meaning of "short." from PIE *sker- "⑴to cut; ⑵to turn, bend"

[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "short"]

short ****[270] If something is short or lasts for a short time, it does not last very long.
shortage **[3518] If there is a shortage of something, there is not enough of it.
shorten ☆[5168] If you shorten an event or the length of time that something lasts, or if it shortens, it does not last as long as it would otherwise do or as it used to do.
shortly ****[2038] If something happens shortly after or before something else, it happens not long after or before it. If something is going to happen shortly, it is going to happen soon.

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[WORD ROOT]root short
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] short
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) sceort, scort, sceortian
[MEANING]root short

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

• 【Old English】 sceort short, not long, not tall; brief
• 【Old English】 scort short, not long, not tall; brief
• 【Old English】 sceortian to grow short, become short; run short, fail

Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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short ★★★★[270] adjective from short
【DEFINITION】 ① If something is short or lasts for a short time, it does not last very long.
② If you talk about a short hour, day, or year, you mean that it seems to have passed very quickly or will seem to pass very quickly.
③ A short speech, letter, or book does not have many words or pages in it.
【VARIATIONs】 비교; short < shorter < shortest
【ANTONYM】 long, tall
【ROOTs】 short; short
【Etymology】 《Old English sceort》 short, not long, not tall; brief
【First Known Meaning】 short, not long, not tall; brief
【DERIVATIVEs】 short, shortage, shorten, shortener, shortly, shortness

shortage ★★[3518] noun from short
【DEFINITION】 If there is a shortage of something, there is not enough of it.
【pl.】 shortages
【SYNONYM】 deficiency, lack
【ROOTs】 ⑴ short; short ⑵ age; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Old English sceort》 short, not long, not tall; brief
【DERIVATIVEs】 short, shortage, shorten, shortly, shortness

shorten ☆[5168] verb from short
【DEFINITION】 If you shorten an event or the length of time that something lasts, or if it shortens, it does not last as long as it would otherwise do or as it used to do.
【Declension/Conjugation】 shortened, shortened, shortening, shortens
【SYNONYM】 abbreviate
【ANTONYM】 lengthen
【COMPOSITION】 short + en
【ROOTs】 ⑴ short; short ⑵ en; verb suffix
【Etymology】 《Old English sceort》 short, not long, not tall; brief
【DERIVATIVEs】 short, shortage, shorten, shortener, shortly, shortness

shortly ★★★★[2038] adverb from short
【DEFINITION】 If something happens shortly after or before something else, it happens not long after or before it. If something is going to happen shortly, it is going to happen soon.
【SYNONYM】 sharply, presently, directly
【ROOTs】 ⑴ short; short ⑵ ly; adverb suffix
【Etymology】 《Old English sceort》 short, not long, not tall; brief
【DERIVATIVEs】 short, shortage, shorten, shortly, shortness

Other words containing "short"; shortener, shortness, short-term

(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

sex
seven
set
servi-, serv-
servar-, serv-
sert-
sequ
sent, sens
sen-
sell

 

 

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