Etymology of the English word longe
the English word
longederived from the Old French word
longederived from the Latin word
longus (long; long; tall; tedious)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*del-derived from the Vulgar Latin root
*lumbeaderived from the Classical Latin word
lumbus (loins; loins as the seat of sexual excitement)
Date
The earliest known usage of longe in English dates from the 17th century.
