Etymology

lang

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Today it means: long Full definition →

English languageclip. ← Middle English langage ← Old French language
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lang · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
  2. Proto-Italic*dn̥ɣwā
  3. Latindingua
  4. Latinlingua
  5. Vulgar Latin*linguāticum
  6. Old Frenchlanguage
  7. Middle Englishlangage
  8. Englishlanguageclip.
  9. English todaylang

Clipping of language.

lang · adjective2

  1. Northern Middle English · inherited fromlang“long”
  2. English todaylang

Inherited from Northern Middle English lang (“long”) (southern long).

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