English

longwing

From long + wing.

A compound of long + wing

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

Old Norse vængr

Middle English winge ‘a wing’

English wing

Today it means

noun Any of the nymphalid butterfly subfamily Heliconiinae.

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

Etymograph / longwing