longer
The origin and history of longer.
Etymology
This word came from Middle English longer, longere, a normalisation of the Middle English lenger, lengere ("longer"), from Old English lengra ("longer"), from Proto-Germanic *langizô ("longer"), the comparative of Proto-Germanic *langaz ("long"); it is equivalent to long + -er. It is cognate with Saterland Frisian laanger ("longer"), West Frisian langer ("longer"), Dutch langer ("longer"), German länger ("longer"), Danish længere ("longer"), Swedish längre ("longer"), and Icelandic lengri ("longer").
