Etymology

nightlong

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Today it means: Lasting a night (i.e. the duration of one night); lasting all night. Full definition →

Middle English *nihtlong ← Old English nihtlang
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nightlong · adjective1

  1. Old English · inherited fromnihtlang“lasting through the night, night-long, a night in length”
  2. Middle English · inherited from*nihtlong
  3. English todaynightlong

From Middle English *nihtlong, from Old English nihtlang (“lasting through the night, night-long, a night in length”), equivalent to night + -long.

nightlong · adverb2

  1. Old English · inherited fromnihtlanges“for the night”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromnihtlonge
  3. English todaynightlong

From Middle English nihtlonge, nihtlonges, from Old English nihtlanges (“for the night”), equivalent to night + -long.

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