English
inchlong
From inch + long.
Latin ūncia ‘twelfth; Roman inch’
Proto-West Germanic *unciju ‘ounce; inch’
Old English ynċe ‘inch’
Middle English ynche ‘inch’
English inch
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
Today it means
adj an inch, or roughly an inch, in length
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / inchlong