Where does “long” come from?
long (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish long, from Latin longa, from Latin longus, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
long (Scottish Gaelic): ship
Ancestry of “long”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Irish | long | boat; ship |
| 2 | Latin | longa | inflection of longus:
## nominative/vocative... |
| 3 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 4 | Latin | -ē | — |
| 5 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 6 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 7 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |