concision

The word 'concision' is built upon the Latin verb concīdere, which means "to cut up" or "to cut into pieces," itself formed from the intensive prefix con- (together) and caedere (to cut). This literal sense of cutting things down to their essentials evolved metaphorically into the rhetorical concept of brevity and succinctness in expression. The suffix -ion was added to form a noun describing the state or quality of this action. Thus, the modern abstract meaning of concise expression is a direct semantic inheritance from the ancient idea of cutting away all superfluous material to leave a compact, essential core.

Structure: con (together) + cis (cut) + ion (noun suffix) - con: Latin origin, a prefix meaning "together, with". - cis: Latin origin, from the root of the verb caedere, meaning "to cut". - ion: Latin origin, a suffix forming nouns of action or state.