Etymology

longterm

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English term ← Middle English terme ← Old French terme
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The story

  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*terh₂-?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ter-?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*térmn̥
  10. Proto-Italic*termn̥
  11. Proto-Italic*term(e)nos
  12. Latinterminus
  13. Old Frenchterme
  14. Middle Englishterme
  15. Englishterm
  16. English todaylongterm

From long + term.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.