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Old English lang, long (adjective), lange, longe (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German lang .

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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”).

long(“yearn”) +‎  -er