English

long take

From long + take

A compound of long + take

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

Old English tacan ‘to grasp’

Middle English taken ‘to take’

English take

Today it means

noun A single, continuous shot that lasts for an unusually long duration without any cuts.

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

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