Etymology

-long

Today it means: Forms adjectives indicating length or duration when suffixed to nouns. Full definition →

English long ← Middle English long ← Old English lang
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dlongʰos
  2. Proto-Germanic*langaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*lang
  4. Old Englishlang
  5. Middle Englishlong
  6. Englishlong
  7. English today-long

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