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Etymology of long

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos Proto-Germanic *langaz Proto-West Germanic *lang Old English lang Middle English long English long From Middle English long, lang, from Old English long, lang (“long, tall, la

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Source etymology 1

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verb

To take a long position in.

noun

A long vowel. · A long syllable. · A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve. · A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.

adj

Having much distance in space from one end to the other. · Specifically, having much distance in a horizontal dimension (see also Usage Notes below). · Travelling a great distance. · Having a long penis.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos Proto-Germanic *langaz Proto-West Germanic *lang Old English lang Middle English long English long From Middle English long, lang, from Old English long, lang (“long, tall, lasting”), from Proto-West Germanic *lang, from Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos (“long”). Cognates Cognate with Scots lang (“long”), Yola lhaung, long (“long”), North Frisian long, lung, lüng (“long”), Saterland Frisian loang (“long”), West Frisian lang (“long”), Cimbrian lång (“long”), Dutch, German, and Low German lang (“long”), Luxembourgish laang (“long”), Mòcheno lònk (“long”), Vilamovian łaong (“long”), Yiddish לאַנג (lang, “long”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk lang (“long”), Faroese and Icelandic langur (“long”), Swedish lång (“long”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (laggs, “long”); also Latin longus (“long”) (whence French long (“long”), Italian lungo (“long”), Portuguese longo (“long”), Spanish luengo (“long”)), Ancient Greek δολιχός (dolikhós, “long; wearisome”), Albanian gjatë (“long; tall”), Latvian ilgs (“long”), Lithuanian ilgas (“long”), Belarusian до́ўгі (dówhi, “long”), Bulgarian дъ́лъг (dắlăg, “long”), Czech dlúhý (“long”), Macedonian долг (dolg, “long”), Polish długi (“long”), Russian дли́нный (dlínnyj, “lengthy, long”), до́лгий (dólgij, “long”), Serbo-Croatian ду̏г, dȕg (“long”), Slovak dlhý (“long”), Slovene dolg (“long”), Ukrainian до́вгий (dóvhyj, “long”), Ossetian даргъ (darǧ, “late”), Central Kurdish دێر (dêr), درەنگ (dreng, “late”), Northern Kurdish dereng (“late”), Persian دیر (dēr / dir, “late; long”), درنگ (derang, “delay”), Sanskrit दीर्घ (dīrgha, “long”) (whence Bengali দীর্ঘ (dirgho, “long; tall”), Dhivehi ދިގު (digu, “long, lengthy”), Kalasha driga, dríga (“long; tall”), Kholosi taɽgo (“long”), Khowar درونگ (drung, “long”), Hindi दीर्घ (dīrgh, “long; tall; weighty”), Nepali दिघो (digho, “stable”), Odia ଦୀର୍ଘ (dirgha, “long”), Sinhalese දිග (diga, “long”), Urdu دیرگھ (dīrgh, “long; tall; weighty”)), Kamkata-viri drëgeř, drëgëř, drëŋëň, dërëgeň (“long; tall”), Prasuni jigni (“long; tall”). The word shows the regular historical change of a to o before certain consonant clusters such as ng (compare with other examples in Middle and Modern English such as bond, song, throng, and wrong). The o-form may have also been reinforced by Old French long, from Latin longus, from the same Indo-European word. Doublet of lungo and lunge.

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      "name": "cog",
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      "name": "cog",
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        "1": "it",
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      "expansion": "Italian lungo (“long”)"
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    {
      "name": "cog",
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        "1": "pt",
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      "expansion": "Portuguese longo (“long”)"
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    {
      "name": "cog",
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      "expansion": "Spanish luengo (“long”)"
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      "name": "cog",
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      "name": "cog",
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      "expansion": "Albanian gjatë (“long; tall”)"
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      "name": "cog",
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        "2": "ilgas",
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      "expansion": "Lithuanian ilgas (“long”)"
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      "name": "cog",
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      "expansion": "Bulgarian дъ́лъг (dắlăg, “long”)"
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    {
      "name": "cog",
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        "1": "cs",
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      "expansion": "Czech dlúhý (“long”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
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        "2": "долг",
        "t": "long"
      },
      "expansion": "Macedonian долг (dolg, “long”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "długi",
        "t": "long"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish długi (“long”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "дли́нный",
        "t": "lengthy, long"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian дли́нный (dlínnyj, “lengthy, long”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "ду̏г"
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      "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian ду̏г"
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    {
      "name": "cog",
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      "expansion": "Slovak dlhý (“long”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sl",
        "2": "dolg",
        "t": "long"
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      "expansion": "Slovene dolg (“long”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "до́вгий",
        "t": "long"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian до́вгий (dóvhyj, “long”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "os",
        "2": "даргъ",
        "t": "late"
      },
      "expansion": "Ossetian даргъ (darǧ, “late”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ckb",
        "2": "دێر"
      },
      "expansion": "Central Kurdish دێر (dêr)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "dereng",
        "t": "late"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Kurdish dereng (“late”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "دیر",
        "tr": "dēr / dir",
        "t": "late; long"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian دیر (dēr / dir, “late; long”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "दीर्घ",
        "t": "long"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit दीर्घ (dīrgha, “long”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "bn",
        "2": "দীর্ঘ",
        "t": "long; tall"
      },
      "expansion": "Bengali দীর্ঘ (dirgho, “long; tall”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "dv",
        "2": "ދިގު",
        "t": "long, lengthy"
      },
      "expansion": "Dhivehi ދިގު (digu, “long, lengthy”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "kls",
        "2": "driga"
      },
      "expansion": "Kalasha driga"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "inc-kho",
        "2": "taɽgo",
        "t": "long"
      },
      "expansion": "Kholosi taɽgo (“long”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "khw",
        "2": "درونگ",
        "tr": "drung",
        "t": "long"
      },
      "expansion": "Khowar درونگ (drung, “long”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "hi",
        "2": "दीर्घ",
        "t": "long; tall; weighty"
      },
      "expansion": "Hindi दीर्घ (dīrgh, “long; tall; weighty”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ne",
        "2": "दिघो",
        "t": "stable"
      },
      "expansion": "Nepali दिघो (digho, “stable”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "or",
        "2": "ଦୀର୍ଘ",
        "t": "long"
      },
      "expansion": "Odia ଦୀର୍ଘ (dirgha, “long”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "si",
        "2": "දිග",
        "t": "long"
      },
      "expansion": "Sinhalese දිග (diga, “long”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ur",
        "2": "دیرگھ",
        "tr": "dīrgh",
        "t": "long; tall; weighty"
      },
      "expansion": "Urdu دیرگھ (dīrgh, “long; tall; weighty”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "bsh",
        "2": "drëgeř"
      },
      "expansion": "Kamkata-viri drëgeř"
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    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "prn",
        "2": "jigni",
        "t": "long; tall"
      },
      "expansion": "Prasuni jigni (“long; tall”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "der",
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "long"
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      "expansion": "Old French long"
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    {
      "name": "der",
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      "expansion": "Latin longus"
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      "name": "doublet",
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      "до́ўгі",
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      "дъ́лъг",
      "дълъг#Bulgarian"
    ],
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      "dlúhý",
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      "долг",
      "долг#Macedonian"
    ],
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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
adv

Over a great distance in space. · Over too great a distance, beyond the target. · For a particular duration (specified by additional qualifying words accompanying it). · For a long time.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English longe, lange, from Old English longe, lange, from the adjective (see above).

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  • Inherited-form mentionlongeang

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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
verb

To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English longen, from Old English langian (“to long for, yearn after, grieve for, be pained, lengthen, grow longer, summon, belong”), from Proto-West Germanic *langōn, from Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to desire, long for”), from Proto-Indo-European *lengʷʰ- (“to be easy, be quick, jump, move around, vary”). Cognate with German langen (“to reach, be sufficient”), Swedish langa (“to push, pass by hand”), Icelandic langa (“to want, desire”), Dutch, German verlangen (“to desire, want, long for”).

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Source etymology 4

Original entry ↗
verb

To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.

adj

On account of, because of.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English long, lang, an aphetic form of Middle English ilong, ylong, from Old English ġelong, ġelang (“along, belonging, depending, consequent”); the verb later reinterpreted as an aphetic form of belong.

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Source etymology 5

Original entry ↗
noun

Abbreviation of longitude.

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Shortening of longitude.

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Source etymology 6

Original entry ↗
verb

To belong.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English longen, from Old English langian (“to belong, pertain”), from Old English *lang, which is of uncertain origin yet related to Old English ġelang (“dependent, attainable, present, belonging, consequent”), Old Saxon gilang (“ready, available”).

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  • Inherited-form mentionlangianang · to belong, pertain
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  • Cognate mentionġelangang · dependent, attainable, present, belonging, consequent
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