Etymograph

English

lungo

Lungo comes from Italian lungo ‘long’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dlongʰos‘long’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*(d)longosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElongus‘long, extended’
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentlungo‘long’literally ‘long’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1995same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dlongʰos‘long’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*(d)longosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElongus‘long, extended’
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentlungo‘long’literally ‘long’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1995same form

Earliest quotation: 1995, Suzanne Hamlin, Coffee Drinks That Are Cool and Creamy: “Formerly used only in Italy and Seattle, it includes…”

The story

Borrowed from Italian lungo (literally “long”).

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos ‘long’

long, length, linger, 16 more

through Latin longus ‘long, extended’

longitudinal, longitude, oblong, elongate, elongation, lunge, longus, longe, 8 more

Today it means

noun An espresso drink with more hot water passed through the grounds than normal.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos / lungo

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