A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

IDEST

Tue, 11 Mar '25
"I.e.," spelled out
Sat, 25 Jan '25
Namely
Sun, 31 Dec '23
Latin expression that's almost always abbreviated
Thu, 4 May '23
Oft-abbreviated Latin phrase
Thu, 13 May '21
Much-abbreviated Latin phrase