English
long robe
From long + robe, after Middle French robe longue.
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
Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- ‘to tear, peel’
Proto-Germanic *raubō ‘rift, gap’
Frankish *rouba
Old French robe ‘booty’
Middle English robe ‘a robe as a symbol of rank or office’
English robe
Today it means
noun The legal profession.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / long robe