Where does “lunged” come from?
Lunged comes from English lung, which derives from French allonge, Old English -od, Old English lang, Proto-Indo-European -eh₂tos, and Proto-Indo-European dl̥h₁gʰós meaning long.
lunged (English): simple past tense and past participle of lunge;...
Definitions
- simple past tense and past participle of lunge;...
Ancestry of “lunged”, step by step
lunged traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lunge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lunge | A sudden forward movement, especially with a... |
| 2 | French | allonge | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Old French | alonge | — |
| 4 | Old French | alongier | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | allongare | — |
| 6 | Latin | elongō | to remove, keep aloof |
| 7 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 8 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |