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"to be short of," <span class="foreign notranslate">skort</span> "shortness;" Old High German <span class="foreign notranslate">scurz</span> "short"), from PIE root <a href="/word/*sker-#etymonline_v_52632" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *sker- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*sker-</a> (1) "to cut," on the notion of "something cut off."</p> <p>Compare Sanskrit <span class="foreign notranslate">krdhuh</span> "shortened, maimed, small;" Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">curtus</span> "short," <span class="foreign notranslate">cordus</span> "late-born," originally "stunted in growth;" Old Church Slavonic <span class="foreign notranslate">kratuku</span>, Russian <span class="foreign notranslate">korotkij</span> "short;" Lithuanian <span class="foreign notranslate">skursti</span> "to be stunted," <span class="foreign notranslate">skardus</span> "steep;" Old Irish <span class="foreign notranslate">cert</span> "small," Middle Irish <span class="foreign notranslate">corr</span> "stunted, dwarfish," all considered to be from the same root.</p> <p>Of memories from mid-14c. The sense of "not up to a required standard or amount" is from late 14c.; that of "not far enough to reach the mark" is by 1540s, in archery; that of "having an insufficient quantity" is from 1690s. The meaning "rude, curt, abrupt" is attested from late 14c. The meaning "easily provoked" is from 1590s; perhaps the notion is of being "not long in tolerating."</p> <p>Of vowels or syllables, "not prolonged in utterance," late Old English. Of alcoholic drinks, colloquially, "unmixed with water, undiluted," by 1839, so called because served in small measure.</p> <p><span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Short rib</strong></span> "asternal rib, one of the lower ribs," which are in general shorter than the upper ones, is from c. 1400. <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Short fuse</strong></span> in the figurative sense of "quick temper" is attested by 1951. <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Short run</strong></span> "relatively brief period of time" is from 1879. <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Short story</strong></span> for "work of prose fiction shorter than a novel" is recorded by 1877. To <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>make short work</strong></span> of "dispose of quickly" is attested from 1570s. Phrase <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>short and sweet</strong></span> is from 1530s. To be <span class="foreign notranslate">short by the knees</span> (1733) was to be kneeling; to be <span class="foreign notranslate">short by the head</span> (1540s) was to be beheaded.</p></section><span></span></div></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><div id="etymonline_v_24213" style="position:absolute;top:-100px"></div><p title="Origin and meaning of short" class="word__name--TTbAA">short<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)</p><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>1580s, <span class="foreign notranslate">the short</span> "the result, the total," from <a href="/word/short#etymonline_v_23434" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of short " class="crossreference notranslate">short</a> (adj.). The meaning "electrical short circuit" is by 1906 (see <a href="/word/short circuit" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of short circuit " class="crossreference notranslate">short circuit</a>). The meaning "contraction of a name or phrase" is by 1845 (in <span class="foreign notranslate">for short</span>). The general sense of "whatever is deficient in number, quality, etc." is by 1868.</p> <p>By 1823 as "a short drink." The slang meaning "car" is attested from 1897; originally "street car," so called because street cars (or the rides taken in them) were "shorter" than railroad cars. By 1929 as "a short film."</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1580s">1580s</a></div></div></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><div id="etymonline_v_48624" style="position:absolute;top:-100px"></div><p title="Origin and meaning of short" class="word__name--TTbAA">short<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)</p><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">sceortian</span> "to grow short, become short; run short, fail," from the source of <a href="/word/short#etymonline_v_23434" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of short " class="crossreference notranslate">short</a> (adj.). Transitive meaning "make short or shorter" is from late 12c. Meaning "to short-circuit" is by 1904. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Shorted</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">shorting</span>.</p></section><span></span></div></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><div id="etymonline_v_55459" style="position:absolute;top:-100px"></div><p title="Origin and meaning of short" class="word__name--TTbAA">short<!-- --> <!-- -->(adv.)</p><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>c. 1300, from <a href="/word/short#etymonline_v_23434" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of short " class="crossreference notranslate">short</a> (adj.). To <span class="foreign notranslate">fall short</span> is from archery. To <span class="foreign notranslate">cut (something) short</span> is by 1590s. To <span class="foreign notranslate">sell short</span> "sell what the seller does not at the time possess" is by 1852.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:c.%201300">c. 1300</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to short">Entries linking to <i>short</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of short circuit" href="/word/short circuit#etymonline_v_38021">short circuit<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>also <span class="foreign notranslate">short-circuit</span>, 1854, in electricity, "a shunt connecting two parts of an electric current so as to carry a greater part of it," from <a href="/word/short#etymonline_v_23434" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of short " class="crossreference notranslate">short</a> (adj.) + <a href="/word/circuit#etymonline_v_13718" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of circuit " class="crossreference notranslate">circuit</a> (n.). As a verb, "introduce a shunt of low resistance into an electric current," from 1867; intransitive sense from 1902; in the figurative sense by 1899. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Short-circuited</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">short-circuiting</span>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of curt" href="/word/curt#etymonline_v_496">curt<!-- --> <!-- -->(adj.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>mid-14c., <span class="foreign notranslate">court</span>, "short, concise, compressed," from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">curtus</span> "(cut) short, shortened, incomplete," from PIE root <a href="/word/*sker-#etymonline_v_52632" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *sker- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*sker-</a> (1) "to cut." Sense of "rude, tartly abrupt" is attested by 1831.</p> <p>The Latin word was adopted early into most Germanic languages (compare Icelandic <span class="foreign notranslate">korta</span>, German <span class="foreign notranslate">kurz</span>, etc.) and drove out the native words based on Proto-Germanic <span class="foreign notranslate">*skurt-</span>, but English retains <a href="/word/short#etymonline_v_23434" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of short " class="crossreference notranslate">short</a> (adj.), which also has a secondary sense of "rudely abrupt." Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Curtal</span>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of shortage" href="/word/shortage"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">shortage</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of short-change" href="/word/short-change"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">short-change</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of shortcoming" href="/word/shortcoming"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">shortcoming</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of shortcut" href="/word/shortcut"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">shortcut</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of shorten" href="/word/shorten"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">shorten</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of shortfall" href="/word/shortfall"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">shortfall</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of short-hair" href="/word/short-hair"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">short-hair</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of shorthand" href="/word/shorthand"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">shorthand</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of short-handed" href="/word/short-handed"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">short-handed</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of shorthorn" href="/word/shorthorn"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">shorthorn</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of shortlist" href="/word/shortlist"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">shortlist</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of short-lived" href="/word/short-lived"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">short-lived</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of shortly" href="/word/shortly"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">shortly</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of shortness" href="/word/shortness"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">shortness</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of short-order" href="/word/short-order"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">short-order</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of shorts" href="/word/shorts"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">shorts</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of short-sighted" href="/word/short-sighted"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">short-sighted</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of short-sleeve" href="/word/short-sleeve"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">short-sleeve</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/short/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->28<!-- -->) <!-- -->></li></a></ul></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of short">Trends of <i>short</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:200px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. Ngrams are probably unreliable.</div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="More to Explore">More to Explore</h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="linked" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of short-change" href="/word/short-change"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">short-change<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">also shortchange, "to cheat by giving too little change to," by 1893, American English (implied in short-changed), from adjectival expression short-change (with man, worker, operator, trick, racket, etc.), by 1886, from short (adj.) + change (n.) in the money sense. In late 19c. </section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="syn_ant" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of long" href="/word/long"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">long<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">Old English lang "having a great linear extent, that extends considerably from end to end; tall; lasting," from Proto-Germanic *langa- (source also of Old Frisian and Old Saxon lang, Old High German and German lang, Old Norse langr, Middle Dutch lanc, Dutch lang, Gothic laggs "lo</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of shortening" href="/word/shortening"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">shortening<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">1540s, "action of making short," verbal noun from shorten....Hence short pastry, in full shortcrust pastry, that to which lard or butter has been added to make it soft and flaky....This also is the short in shortbread and shortcake. Also shortening bread (by 1884), a U.S. Southern specialty....short fibers," as materials with short fibers fall apart more easily (e.g. short-staple cotton)....</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of stunt" href="/word/stunt"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">stunt<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">; obstinate," from Old English stunt "stupid, foolish" (as in stuntspræc "foolish talk"), from Proto-Germanic *stuntaz "short..., truncated" (source also of Middle High German stunz "short, blunt, stumpy," Old Norse stuttr (*stuntr) "scanty, short")...The Middle English adjective is attested from mid-15c. in the sense "of short duration." Related: Stunted; stunting....</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of jacket" href="/word/jacket"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">jacket<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">mid-15c., "short garment for men," from Old French jaquet "short coat with sleeves," diminutive of jaque, a kind of tunic...But possibly it is from or influenced by jaque (de mailles) "short, tight-fitting coat," originally "coat of mail," from...Iakke, jakke "a short, close-fitting stuffed or quilted tunic, often serving as a defensive garment" is attested in English...(from Old French jaque), and by c. 1400 was being used for "woman's short tunic."...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of scant" href="/word/scant"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">scant<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">mid-14c., "short or insufficient in quantity, rather less than is wanted for the purpose," from a Scandinavian source such...as Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr "short, brief," from Proto-Germanic *skamma- (source also of Old English scamm "short...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of poor" href="/word/poor"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">poor<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">c. 1200, "lacking money or resources, destitute of wealth; 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