Etymology: < allonge v. Sense 2 probably results from association of lunge n.² with lunge n.¹In α. forms apparently showing alteration after French feminine nouns in -ée; no corresponding use of French allongée (feminine noun) is attested.

Etymology: < French allonge (1752 in this sense), specific use of allonge extension (end of 13th cent. in Old French as †alonghe ) < allonger allonge v.

Etymology: < French allonger to lunge (although this is apparently first attested later: 1690; obsolete in this sense after late 18th cent.; earlier currency of the fencing sense is implied by †allongeur ‘person who lunges’ (1608), as well as by the humorous figurative use in †allonger l'estocade ‘to ask for alms’ (1640; with reference to the act of stretching out one's hand)), specific use of allonger to lengthen, to extend (something) (c1160 in Old French as alongier ) < a- a- prefix⁵ + long long adj.¹ Compare later lunge v.¹In β. forms influenced by association with post-classical Latin elongare (see elong v.).