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Where does “semilength” come from?

semilength (English) comes from English length, from Middle English lengthe, from Old English lengþu, from Proto-Germanic langiþō, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

semilength (English): The value of "n" for a Dyck path that begins at...

Definitions

  1. The value of "n" for a Dyck path that begins at...

Ancestry of “semilength”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlengthThe distance measured along the longest dimension...
2Middle Englishlengthelength
3Old Englishlengþulength
4Proto-Germaniclangiþōlongness, length
5Proto-Germaniclangazlong
6Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong
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