Where does “longus” come from?

longus (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic dlongos, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

longus (Latin): far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,...

Definitions

  1. far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,...

Ancestry of “longus”, step by step

longus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic dlongos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicdlongoslong
2Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

via Proto-Indo-European dl̥h₁gʰós

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandl̥h₁gʰóslong

Words derived from “longus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →