Etymograph

English

Long Primer

Long Primer comes from English primer ‘prayer book’.

  1. English1500–presentprimer‘prayer book’
  2. EnglishtodayLong Primer

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentprimer‘prayer book’
  2. EnglishtodayLong Primer

Made of the words Long + Primer

Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos ‘long’

Proto-Germanic *langaz ‘long’

Proto-West Germanic *lang ‘long’

Old English lang ‘long, tall, lasting’

Middle English long

English Long

Middle English primer

English Primer

The story

Initially from primer (‘prayer book’) from its use in those volumes in Protestant England. The qualifier was subsequently added to distinguish it from great primer and may derive from early editions published on long duodecimo paper.

Every English word from English primer

Today it means

name The size of type between bourgeois and small pica, standardized as 10-point.

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