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Identify and define the root in the word

abbreviate

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Answer:

The root words is breviate and means short.

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Answer: The adjective abbreviated and the verb abbreviate both come from the noun abbreviation, with its Latin root, abbreviare, "make brief," from ad-, "to," and breviare, "shorten."

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