Etymograph

English

long-armed squid

From long + armed + squid.

A compound of long + armed + squid

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

English arm ‘to equip with a weapon’

English armed

Today it means

noun Synonym of bigfin squid (“Any member of the genus Magnapinna of rarely seen squid, characterized by extremely long arms and tentacles, and being the only squid known to inhabit the hadal zone of the ocean.”).

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

Etymograph / long-armed squid