Etymology

longline

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Today it means: longer than usual; especially reaching to the hips Full definition →

English line ← Middle English line ← Old English līne
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longline · adjective, noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dlongʰos
  2. Proto-Germanic*langaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*lang
  4. Old Englishlang
  5. Middle Englishlong
  6. Englishlong
  7. Proto-Indo-European*līno-der.?
  8. Proto-Germanic*līną
  9. Proto-Germanic*līnǭ
  10. Proto-West Germanic*līnā
  11. Old Englishlīne
  12. Middle Englishline
  13. Englishline
  14. English todaylongline

From long + line.

longline · noun2

Blend of long + slackline.

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