Etymology

longness

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Today it means: length, lengthiness Full definition →

Middle English longnesse ← Old English langness
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  1. Old English · inherited fromlangness“longness, length”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromlongnesse
  3. English todaylongness

From Middle English longnesse, from Old English langness (“longness, length”), equivalent to long + -ness.

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