Etymograph

English

longbed

From long + bed.

A compound of long + bed

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-Germanic *badją ‘resting-place’

Proto-West Germanic *badi ‘plot of ground’

Old English bedd

Middle English bed ‘a bed’

English bed

Today it means

noun A truck with a long bed.

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

Etymograph / longbed