English

-long

Forms adjectives indicating length or duration when suffixed to nouns.

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    Origin

    From long.

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    • derivedEnglishlong “Having much distance in space from one end to the other.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishlong
        • inheritedOld Englishlang “long”
        • derivedMiddle Englishilong
      • inheritedMiddle Englishlonge
        • inheritedOld Englishlonge
      • inheritedMiddle Englishlongen
        • inheritedOld Englishlangian “to long for, yearn after, grieve for, be pained, lengthen, grow longer, summon, belong”

    Words built on it: hours-long

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