- brevet (n.)
- mid-14c., from Old French brievet "letter, note, piece of paper; papal indulgence" (13c.), diminutive of bref "letter, note" (see brief (adj.)). Army sense is from 1680s.
- brevet (v.)
- 1839, from French breveter, from brevet (see brevet (n.)). Related: Breveted; breveting.
