Where does “lontàn” come from?
lontàn (Romansch) comes from French longtemps, from French long, from Old French long, from Old French lonc, from Latin longus, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
lontàn (Romansch): distant, remote, faraway; distance, faraway...
Definitions
- distant, remote, faraway; distance, faraway...
Ancestry of “lontàn”, step by step
lontàn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French longtemps
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | longtemps | for a long time; over a long period |
| 2 | French | long | long |
| 3 | Old French | long | long length, duration |
| 4 | Old French | lonc | Alternative form of long |
| 5 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 6 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Vulgar Latin longitanus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | longitanus | distant |
| 2 | Latin | longē | long, a long way off, far, afar, far away, far off, at a distance |