Where does “daylong” come from?
Daylong is a compound of English day and long, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ-, a root meaning to burn or shine.
daylong (English): Which lasts a day, or approximately so;...
Definitions
- Which lasts a day, or approximately so;...
Ancestry of “daylong”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -long | Forms adjectives indicating duration when... |
| 2 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 3 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 4 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 5 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 6 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 7 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |