English
eloign
Eloign comes from Latin longe ‘long, a long way off, far, afar, far away, far…’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dlongʰos‘long’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*(d)longos‘long’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElongus‘far, long’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElonge‘long, a long way off, far, afar, far away, far off, at a distance’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*exlongōreconstructed
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400esloignier
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500eloynen
- Englishearliest quotation 1590eloign
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dlongʰos‘long’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*(d)longos‘long’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElongus‘far, long’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElonge‘long, a long way off, far, afar, far away, far off, at a distance’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*exlongōreconstructed
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400esloignier
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500eloynen
- Englishearliest quotation 1590eloign
Earliest quotation: 1590, Edmund Spenser, Book I, Canto IV: “From worldy cares himselfe he did esloyne, / And…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos ‘long’
through Latin longus ‘far, long’
longitudinal, longitude, lunge, oblong, elongate, elongation, longus, longe, 8 more
Today it means
verb To remove (something) to a distance.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos / eloign