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brevity
[brevity 词源字典]
brevity:
see
brief
[brevity etymology, brevity origin, 英语词源]
brevity (n.)
c. 1500, from Latin
brevitatem
(nominative
brevitas
) "shortness" in space or time, from
brevis
"short" (see
brief
(adj.)).