Where does “long-burning” come from?

long-burning (English) comes from English long, from English longitude, from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō, from Latin longus, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

long-burning (English): Which burns faster than comparable objects

Definitions

  1. Which burns faster than comparable objects

Ancestry of “long-burning”, step by step

long-burning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English long

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlongHaving much distance from one terminating point...
2EnglishlongitudeAngular distance measured west or east of the...
3Old Frenchlongitude
4Latinlongitūdōlength, longitude; longness
5Latinlongusfar, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,...
6Latinly; used to form adverbs from adjectives
7Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
8Latincalceusshoe
9Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
10Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via English burning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishburningpresent participle of burn; So hot as to seem to...
2EnglishburnA physical injury caused by heat, cold,...
3Middle EnglishbernenTo burn
4Old EnglishbirnanAlternative form of biernan; to burn
5Proto-West Germanicbrinnanto burn, to be on fire
6Proto-Germanicbrinnanąto burn, to be on fire
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewh₁-to boil; to brew
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰer-to bear, carry
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ