Etymology

endlong

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Today it means: Along (as opposed to across), from end to end of. Full definition →

Old English andlang
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromandlang
  2. English todayendlong

From Old English andlang ( > along), reanalysed by folk etymology in Middle English as end + long; partly from Old Norse cognate endlangr.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishandlang all →

alongendlang

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.