Where does “long” come from?

long (Middle English) comes from Old English long, from Old English lang, from Proto-West Germanic lang, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

long (Middle English): long; having great length

Definitions

  1. long; having great length

Ancestry of “long”, step by step

long traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English long

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishlongAlternative form of lang; long
2Old Englishlanglong; lasting; old, ancient; advanced
3Proto-West Germaniclanglong
4Proto-Germaniclangazlong
5Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

via Middle English ilong

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishilong—
2Old Englishġelong—

Words derived from “long”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →