Etymology

superlong

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Today it means: Very long Full definition →

English long ← Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *super
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Englishlong
  8. English todaysuperlong

From super- + long.

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