English

longbeak

From long + beak.

A compound of long + beak

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

Latin beccus ‘beak, bill’

Anglo-Norman bec

Middle English bec

English beak

Today it means

adj having a long break (applied to various animals)

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

Etymograph / longbeak