English

Longview

From long + view.

A compound of long + view

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

Old French veue

Anglo-Norman vewe

Middle English vewe ‘an inspection’

English view

Today it means

name A village in Alberta, Canada.

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

Etymograph / Longview