what is the longest english word? what is the first english word?

Answer 1

There is no "longest" word because combinations are unlimited... It used to be said that Antidistablishmentaryism was the longest word to most people, longest in the current Oxford dictionary is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis but Guiness has said aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic (52 letters)

until someone creates something longer.....

First English Word.... only could be the first in dictionary.... "A"

Answer 2

If by first English word, you mean the first one in the dictionary, then the first English word is the word "A"

Ex: I picked up "a" pencil.

If you are speaking about the first English word in terms of history, then the answer is none.

Languages evolve over time.

Ex: There is NO clear cut point where Portaguese stopped being Spanish. It was a gradual thing that occured.

Answer 3

The longest English word is antidissestablishmentarianism. But as for the first word, I have no clue.

Answer 4

[edit] Major dictionaries
The longest word in any major English language dictionary is
The longest non-technical word is flocci­nauci­nihili­pili­fication at 29 letters. Consisting of a series of Latin words meaning "nothing" and defined as "the act of estimating something as worthless," its usage has been recorded as far back as 1741.[1][2][3] In recent times its usage has been recorded in the proceedings of the United States Senate by Senator Robert Byrd [4], and at the White House by Bill Clinton's press secretary Mike McCurry, albeit sarcastically.[5]

Anti­dis­establishment­arianism (a nineteenth century movement in England opposed to the separation of church and state) at 28 letters is still in colloquial currency for being one of the longest words in the English language.

The longest word which appears in William Shakespeare's works is the 27-letter honorific­abilitud­initatibus, appearing in Love's Labour's Lost. This is arguably an English word (rather than Latin), but only because it was Shakespeare who used it.

The humuhumu-nukunuku-a-pua‘a, or reef triggerfish, is Hawaii's official state fish.[6] At 22 letters (including the okina) it is one of the best known very long one-word names for an animal. It is occasionally quipped that the name is longer than the fish.

Although only fourteen letters long, sesquipedalian deserves a mention. It is derived from a nonce word used by the Roman author Horace, in his work Ars Poetica (The Art of Poetry). The quote is as follows: "Proicit ampullas et sesquipedalia verba," which means, "He throws aside his paint pots and his words that are a foot and a half long." The Oxford English Dictionary lists sesquipedalianism ("the practice of using words one and a half feet long"), and further derivations can be created as described in the Constructions section below.


The above is from Wikipedia. I haven't a clue as to the first english word. I suppose it all depends upon when English was first recognized as its own language.

Answer 5

the longest English word is antidisbistablishmintariunism if you can read/understand that word

Answer 6

anitdisentablishmentarianism. If I spelled that right we'll see what spell check thinks of that. As for the first word, I don't know. You're on your own with that one. Spell check didn't like it. I'm pretty sure it's a word though.

Answer 7

Pneumonoultramicroscopic-
silicovolcanoconiosis ((45 letters total))

Answer 8

Jiggi Jiggi

Answer 9

longest:pseudopseudohypopar
-athyroidism

First:dunno

Answer 10

1. pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­coniosis