Where does “length” come from?
Length comes from Middle English lengthe, from Old English lengþu, from Proto-Germanic langiþō, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dl̥h₁gʰós, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European suffix -tós.
length (English): The distance measured along the longest dimension...
Definitions
- The distance measured along the longest dimension...
Ancestry of “length”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | lengthe | length |
| 2 | Old English | lengþu | length |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | langiþō | longness, length |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | langaz | long |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dlongʰos | long |
Words derived from “length”