myEtymology.com: English etymology of longwall

Etymology of the English word longwall

the English word longwall

derived from the English word long

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *del-

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *langgaz

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *langojanan

derived from the English word wall

derived from the Late Latin word vallum (wall; rampart, walled; wall, rampart; entrenchment)

derived from the Latin word vallus (stake, palisade, point)

derived from the Latin word vannus (winnowing basket)

Word found in Modern English