English
longcase
From long + case.
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 *ḱh₂d- ‘to fall’
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Latin cadō ‘to fall’
Latin cāsus ‘a fall; accident, chance’
Old French cas ‘an event’
Middle English cas
English case
Today it means
noun A longcase clock.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / longcase