Etymograph

English

longimanous

Longimanous comes from Latin longimanus ‘long-handed’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElongimanus‘long-handed’
  2. Englishtodaylongimanous

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElongimanus‘long-handed’
  2. Englishtodaylongimanous

Equivalent to long + -i- + manus

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 manus ‘hand’

English manus

Every English word from Latin longimanus

Today it means

adj Having long hands.

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

Etymograph / Latin longimanus / longimanous

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