English

Proper noun

Loing

1. A river in France

Irish

Noun

loing

1. (archaic) dative singular of long

Middle French

Adverb

loing

1. far; far away

Descendants

• French: loin

Old French

Etymology

Latin longē ‎(“far away”), from longus ‎(“long, far”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔjɲ/

Adverb

loing

1. far; far away
   • circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:

     Chevaliers, fet ele, de loing

     "Sir", said she, from afar

Derived terms

• loingtien

Descendants

• French: loin

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *lungeti ‎(“put, place”) (compare Welsh ellwng and dillwng ‎(“to set free, release”) from *(dī-)exs-lungo-), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‎(“to bend”). Cognate with Latin luctor ‎(“to wrestle”) and Old English lūcan ‎(“to lock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l͈oŋʲɡʲ/

Verb

·loing

1. Only used in fo·loing and in·loing.

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*lu-n-g-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1, page 249