Etymograph

English

Longford

Longford comes from Old English lang ‘long’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dlongʰos‘long’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*langaz‘long’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*lang‘long’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150lang‘long’
  5. EnglishtodayLongford

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dlongʰos‘long’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*langaz‘long’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*lang‘long’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150lang‘long’
  5. EnglishtodayLongford

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos ‘long’

longitudinal, longitude, lunge, oblong, elongate, elongation, longus, longe, 16 more

through Proto-Germanic *langaz ‘long’

length, linger, 6 more

through Old English lang ‘long’

along, longer, 2 more

Another origin of Longford

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentan Longfortliterally ‘the camp, the stronghold’
  2. EnglishtodayLongford

From Irish an Longfort (literally “the camp, the stronghold”), anglicized to be identical to Etymology 1.

Today it means

name A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2137).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos / Longford

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