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long-distance (adj.)[long-distance 词源字典]: 1884, in reference to telephoning, from long (adj.) + distance (n.).[long-distance etymology, long-distance origin, 英语词源]
long-headed (adj.): "discerning," c. 1700, from long (adj.) + head (n.).
long-lived (adj.): early 15c., from long (adj.) + past participle of live (v.). Old English had langlife "long-lived."
long-playing (adj.): 1910, of recordings, from long (adj.) + present participle of play (v.).
long-running (adj.): 1943, of theatrical productions, from long (adj.) + running.
long-suffering: also longsuffering, 1520s (n.), 1530s (adj.), from long (adj.) + suffering (see suffer). Old English had langmodig in this sense.
long-term (adj.): also longterm, long term, 1876, originally in insurance, from long (adj.) + term (n.).
long-winded (adj.): also longwinded, 1580s, "given to lengthy speeches," from long (adj.) + wind (n.) in the secondary Middle English sense "breath in speaking" (early 14c.).
longanimity (n.): "patience," mid-15c., from Late Latin longanimitas "long-suffering, patient," from longanimus, from longus (see long (adj.)) + animus "soul, spirit, mind" (see animus).
longbow (n.): also long-bow, the characteristic medieval English weapon, c. 1500, from long (adj.) + bow (n.1).
longeron (n.): 1912, from French longeron, from longer "to skirt, extend along," from allonger "to lengthen" (see lunge).
longevity (n.): 1610s, from Late Latin longaevitatem (nominative longaevitas) "great age, long life," from Latin longaevus "long-lived," from longus (see long (adj.)) + aevum "lifetime, age" (see eon).
longhair (n.): also long-hair, "cat with long hair," 1893, from long (adj.) + hair. As "intellectual," especially in musical tastes, "devotee of classical music," 1920. Sense of "hippie" attested from 1969.
longhand (adj.): also long-hand, of handwriting, 1660s, from long (adj.) + hand (n.).
longhorn (adj.): also long-horn, in reference to a type of cattle, 1808, from long (adj.) + horn (n.).
longi-: word-forming element meaning "long," from Latin longi-, comb. form of longus (see long (adj.)).
longing (n.): "yearning, desire," Old English langung "longing, weariness, sadness, dejection," from long (v.). Related: Longingly.
longinquity (n.): "remoteness," 1540s, from Latin longinquitas "length, extent, duration," from longinquus "long, extensive, remote, distant," from longus (see long (adj.)) -inquus.
longish (adj.): 1610s, from long (adj.) + -ish.
longitude (n.): late 14c., "length," from Latin longitudo "length, duration," from longus (see long (adj.)). For origins, see latitude.