English
elongately
From elongate + -ly.
Formed from elongate + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos ‘long’
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Latin longus ‘far off, away’
Latin ēlongō ‘prolong, protract’
Late Latin ēlongātus ‘having been stretched out, elongated’
Middle English elongat
English elongate
Today it means
adv In an elongate way.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / elongately