English
longways
From long + -ways.
A compound of long + -ways
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
Today it means
adv Lengthwise, in the longer direction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / longways