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語源

Inherited from 古期英語 lengþu, from Proto-West Germanic *langiþu, from Proto-Germanic *langiþō; equivalent to long +‎ -the (abstract nominal suffix).

発音

• IPA: /ˈlɛnɡθ(ə)/, /ˈlɛnkθ(ə)/, /ˈlɛnθ(ə)/

名詞

lengthe (plural lengthes)

1. Duration; length of time.
   1. A period of time, especially if long.
   2. The passage or course of time.
2. Length or height; linear distance.

派生した語

• English: length
• Middle Scots: lenth, lenthe
  • Scots: lenth, lainth

参照

• “leng(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “length(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• McIntosh, Angus; Samuels, M[ichael] L.; Benskin, Michael (2013) [1986], Michael Benskin, Margaret Laing, editors, eLALME: A Linguistic Atlas of Late Medieval English‎, Edinburgh: Angus McIntosh Centre for Historical Linguistics; revised November 2024.