longer

longer · adjective, adverb¹

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*langaz“long”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*langizô“longer”
3. Old English · inherited fromlengra“longer”
4. Middle English · inherited fromlenger
5. Middle English · inherited fromlonger
6. English todaylonger

From Middle English longer, longere, normalisation of Middle English lenger, lengere (“longer”), from Old English lengra (“longer”), from Proto-Germanic *langizô (“longer”), comparative of Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), equivalent to long + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian laanger (“longer”), West Frisian langer (“longer”), Dutch langer (“longer”), German länger (“longer”), Danish længere (“longer”), Swedish längre (“longer”), Icelandic lengri (“longer”).

longer · noun²

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

From long (“yearn”) + -er.

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