Words that come from Latin “longus”

296 words across 40 languages descend from Latin longus — including longevity, longitude, oblong, elongation, prolongation, elongate, longe, purloin.

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Latin (78)

English (40)

Italian (32)

French (24)

Old French (16)

Portuguese (14)

Spanish (10)

Esperanto (8)

Catalan (8)

Romanian (7)

Ido (4)

Old Occitan (4)

Romansch (4)

Norman (4)

Late Latin (4)

Neapolitan (3)

Asturian (3)

Galician (2)

Hungarian (2)

Aromanian (2)

Ligurian (2)

Dalmatian (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Old Portuguese (2)

Anglo-Norman (2)

Middle English (2)

Vulgar Latin (2)

Romani (1)

Istriot (1)

Sicilian (1)

Swedish (1)

Middle French (1)

Dutch (1)

Friulian (1)

Russian (1)

Polish (1)

Ladin (1)

German (1)

Walloon (1)

New Latin (1)