Where does “mallongigi” come from?
mallongigi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto mallonga, from Esperanto longa, from English long, from English longitude, from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō, from Latin longus, from Latin -ē — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
mallongigi (Esperanto): to abbreviate; to shorten; to curtail
Definitions
- to abbreviate; to shorten; to curtail
Ancestry of “mallongigi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | mallonga | short |
| 2 | Esperanto | longa | long |
| 3 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 4 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 5 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 6 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 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 |