English
lingersome
From linger + -some.
Formed from linger + -some
Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos ‘long’
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Proto-Germanic *langijaną ‘to lengthen, make long’
Proto-West Germanic *langijan ‘to lengthen, make long’
Old English lenġan ‘to lengthen, delay, extend’
Middle English lengeren ‘to reside, dwell’
English linger
Today it means
adj Characterised or marked by lingering
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lingersome