Long
/lɔŋ/noun
Measuring a great distance from end to end; extended in time or duration.
Did you know?The English word long comes from a Proto-Germanic root meaning “long/extended,” and its cousins spread through Germanic languages into everyday words for distance, duration, and length.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dl̥gʰós
“long, extended”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*langaz
“long, extended”
Old English
English
lang
“long, extended in space or time”
Middle English
English
long
“long; of great length or duration”
Modern English
English
long
“measuring a great distance from end to end; extended in time or duration”
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