Etymology

longsome

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Today it means: Marked or characterised by longness or length; lengthy; long-lasting; protracted. Full definition →

Middle English longsum ← Old English langsum ← Proto-West Germanic *langasam
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*langasam“lengthy; long-lasting; vast; extensive”
  2. Old English · inherited fromlangsum“long; taking a long time; lasting a long time; long-enduring; long-suffering”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromlongsum
  4. English todaylongsome

From Middle English longsum, from Old English langsum (“long; taking a long time; lasting a long time; long-enduring; long-suffering”), from Proto-West Germanic *langasam (“lengthy; long-lasting; vast; extensive”), equivalent to long + -some.

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