## Examples
- For the sake of brevity, I'll summarize the report in three points.
- The brevity of the meeting surprised everyone who had expected a long debate.

## Synonyms
- fleetingness
- laconicism
- succinctness
- terseness
- transience
- transiency

## Derived Forms
- brevitic

## Related Forms
- breve
- brief

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *mreǵʰ-
- Root: brevitās
- Root: brevité
- Root: brieveté
- Root: brevitātem

## Etymology
First attested in English in 1509; either: * Borrowed directly from Latin brevitās; or * from Anglo-Norman brevité, from Old French brieveté, from Latin brevitātem, accusative of brevitās, from brevis (“short”). By surface analysis, brief + -ity.

## AI Etymology
Brevity is first attested in English in 1509; either: * Borrowed directly from Latin brevitās; or * from Anglo-Norman brevité, from Old French brieveté, from Latin brevitātem, accusative of brevitās, from brevis (“short”). By surface analysis, brief + -ity. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. Important recorded forms include *mreǵʰ- (Proto-Indo-European), brevitās (Latin), brevité (xno), brieveté (Old French), and brevitātem (Latin). Current senses include the quality of expressing something in few words; conciseness and the quality of lasting only a short time; shortness. The wider family includes derived forms such as brevitic; related words such as breve and brief.

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