Proto-Indo-European

*dlongʰos

‘long’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos.

28 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos, most familiar first.

• long ← lang ← *lang ← *langaz
• along ← andlang ← lang ← *lang ← *langaz
• longer ← lenger ← lengra ← *langizô ← *langaz
• length ← lengthe ← lengþ ← *langiþu ← *langiþō
• longitudinal ← longitūdō ← longus ← *(d)longos
• linger ← lengeren ← lenġan ← *langijan ← *langijaną
• longitude ← longitūdō ← longus ← *(d)longos
• oblong ← oblongus ← longus ← *(d)longos
• lunge ← allonge ← alonge ← *allongare ← longare
• elongate ← elongat ← ēlongātus ← ēlongō ← longus
• elongation ← elongatio ← elongatus ← ēlongō ← longus
• longus ← *(d)longos

More words from *dlongʰos

• longe
• linge
• lungo
• longissimus
• longueur
• allonge
• eloign
• eloignment
• endlong
• longsome
• longinquity
• longimetry
• longsomeness
• longsomely
• longitudinous
• oblongate

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos