lengthe
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- leinþ, lencþe, length, lengþe, lenkthe, lenkþe, lenth, lenthe, lenþe, leynþe
- lenght, lenghte, lenghthe, lenȝte, lenȝth (especially Northern)
- lencth, lenketh, lenkethe, lenkith (Late Middle English, Northern)
- lengðe (Early Middle English)
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old English lengþu, from Proto-West Germanic *langiþu, from Proto-Germanic *langiþō; equivalent to long + -the (abstract nominal suffix).
Noun[edit]
lengthe (plural lengthes)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “length(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Categories:
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms suffixed with -the (abstract nominal)
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- enm:Metrology