This article examines the issue of the origin of foreign language abbreviations. It allows the reader to understand the methods of using the abbreviation, both in everyday life and in the scientific environment. Enriching the vocabulary with new abbreviations is one of the most important factors in the language. Nowadays, when all languages ​​have borrowed words, the concept of the meaning of abbreviations makes it possible to correctly and clearly reveal the essence of the content of any text. In addition, the main reasons of borrowing are the need to name a new phenomenon; specialization of the concept; relevance for a foreign language word; communicative relevance of the concept denoted by borrowed abbreviations. The emergence of foreign language abbreviations in a language is a continuous process influenced by socio-economic and political changes. Numerous abbreviation dictionaries provide the researcher with not only extensive lexical material, but also with cultural, historical, socio-political.