Etymology of the French word longitude
the Old French word
longitudederived from the Latin word
longitudo (length; longitude)
derived from the Latin word
longus (long; long; tall; tedious)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*del-Date
The earliest known usage of longitude in French dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in other languages
English
longitude, Romanian
longitudineCognates
Italian
longitudine, Spanish
longitudUsage
Word found in Old French
