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Where does “longa” come from?

longa (Irish) comes from Irish long, from Old Irish long, from Latin longa, from Latin longus, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

longa (Irish): nominative plural of long; vocative plural of...

Definitions

  1. nominative plural of long; vocative plural of...

Ancestry of “longa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishlongship
2Old Irishlongboat; ship
3Latinlongainflection of longus: ## nominative/vocative...
4Latinlongusfar, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,...
5Latin-ē—
6Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
7Latincalceusshoe
8Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
9Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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