English word short comes from Proto-Indo-European *kor-, Proto-Germanic *skertaną (To cut off.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *kor- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *skertaną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | To cut off. |
| *skurtaz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Lacking, deficient. Short. |
| sċeort | Old English (ca. 450-1100) (ang) | |
| scort | Old English (ca. 450-1100) (ang) | Short. |
| schort | Middle English (1100-1500) (enm) | |
| short | English (en) | (finance) Having a negative position in.. Deficient in. (baseball) A shortstop.. (finance) A short sale.. (finance) A short seller.. (phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.. (programming) An integer variable shorter than normal integers; usually two bytes long.. A short circuit.. A short film.. A summary account.. Used to indicate a short-length version of a size (cricket, Of a ball) [...] |