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longer.

One who longs or yearns for something.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlɒŋ.ə/UK/ˈlɔŋ.ɚ/General-American/ˈlɑŋ.ɚ/cot-caught-merger[ˈlɑŋ.əɾ]

  1. One who longs or yearns for something.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos Proto-Germanic *langaz Proto-West Germanic *lang Old English lang Middle English long English long Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English longer From long (“yearn”) + -er.

adj/ˈlɒŋ.ɡə/UK/ˈlæŋ.ɡæ/Northumbria/ˈlɔŋ.ɡɚ/General-American/ˈlɑŋ.ɡɚ/cot-caught-merger

  1. comparative form of long: more long

    comparative · form-of
Where this word comes from

From Middle English longer, longere, normalisation of Middle English lenger, lengere (“longer”), from Old English lengra (“longer”), from Proto-Germanic *langizô (“longer”), comparative of Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), equivalent to long + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian laanger (“longer”), West Frisian langer (“longer”), Dutch langer (“longer”), German länger (“longer”), Danish længere (“longer”), Swedish längre (“longer”), Icelandic lengri (“longer”).

adv/ˈlɒŋ.ɡə/UK/ˈlæŋ.ɡæ/Northumbria/ˈlɔŋ.ɡɚ/General-American/ˈlɑŋ.ɡɚ/cot-caught-merger

  1. comparative form of long: more long

    comparative · form-of
Where this word comes from

From Middle English longer, longere, normalisation of Middle English lenger, lengere (“longer”), from Old English lengra (“longer”), from Proto-Germanic *langizô (“longer”), comparative of Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), equivalent to long + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian laanger (“longer”), West Frisian langer (“longer”), Dutch langer (“longer”), German länger (“longer”), Danish længere (“longer”), Swedish längre (“longer”), Icelandic lengri (“longer”).

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