English
along
/əˈlɒŋ/
By the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to.
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Origin
From Middle English, from Old English andlang, from prefix and- + lang (“long”). Doublet of endlong.
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Lineage
- rootProto-Indo-European*h₂en- “on, onto”
Related: English endlong (doublet)
Sources
- Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wiktionary: along