Where does “laŭlonge” come from?
laŭlonge (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto longa, from English long, from English longitude, from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō, from Latin longus, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
laŭlonge (Esperanto): lengthwise, along
Definitions
- lengthwise, along
Ancestry of “laŭlonge”, step by step
laŭlonge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto longa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | longa | long |
| 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 |
via Esperanto laŭ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | laŭ | according to; along |
| 2 | German | Laut | sound; noise |
| 3 | Middle High German | lūt | loud |
| 4 | Old High German | lūt | loud |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hlūd | loud; sound |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hlūdaz | loud; famous |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wīgą | fight, battle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weyḱ- | to enter in; to settle; settlement |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |