Where does “longfortach” come from?
longfortach (Irish) comes from Irish longfort, from Middle Irish longphort, from English -long, from English long, from English longitude, from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō, from Latin longus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
longfortach (Irish): having camps, fortified
Definitions
- having camps, fortified
Ancestry of “longfortach”, step by step
longfortach traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish longfort
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | longfort | camp; stronghold, fortified residence |
| 2 | Middle Irish | longphort | camp, encampment, temporary stronghold |
| 3 | English | -long | Forms adjectives indicating duration when... |
| 4 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 5 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 6 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 7 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 8 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 9 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |