English
longsight
From long + sight.
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 *sekʷ- ‘to see’
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Proto-West Germanic *sehwan ‘to see’
Proto-West Germanic *sihti ‘seeing’
Old English sihþ ‘something seen’
Middle English sighte
English sight
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / longsight