longinquus

Latin

adj
Definitions
  • long, extensive; far off, distant, remote
  • living far off, foreign, strange
  • prolonged, continued, lasting, tedious, long
  • old, ancient
  • far-fetched, remote

Etymology

Compound from Latin longus (long, far, away, far off, extended) + Latin hinc (hence)+ Latin -uus derived from Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*-n̥kʷo-

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