longer

Meanings

Adjective

• Comparative form or more of long

Adverb

• Comparative form or more of long

Noun

• One who longs or yearns for something.

Origin

• From Middle English longer, longere, normalisation of Middle English lenger, lengere, 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 + -er