Where does βlangeβ come from?
lange (Old English) comes from Old English E, from Latin E, from Etruscan π, from Ancient Greek Ξ΅, from Phoenician π€, from Egyptian π .
lange (Old English): long, for a long time
Definitions
- long, for a long time
Ancestry of βlangeβ, step by step
lange traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English E
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | E | β |
| 2 | Latin | E | Scribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae |
| 3 | Etruscan | π | β |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ξ΅ | Lower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was Ξ΅αΌΆ, later αΌ ΟΞΉΞ»ΟΞ½, and presently ΞΟιλον. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by Ξ΄ and foll |
| 5 | Phoenician | π€ | that |
| 6 | Egyptian | π | β |