Short

Morpheme

Short

Type

free base

Denotation

not tall, small height, little length, brief duration

Etymology

Middle English schort, short; Old English sċeort, sċort

Evidence

short, shortage, shortchange, shortcoming, shortcut, shorted, shorten, shorter, shortest, shortfall, shorthand, shorting, shortlist, shortly, shortness, shorts, shortsighted, shortstop, shorty