slow (taking a long time to move or travel; not happening in a short time)
çekim: karşılaştırma langsamer · üstünlük am langsamsten
eş: allmählich
zıt: schnell
köken: From Middle High German lancsam, from Old High German lancsam, from Proto-West Germanic *langasam (“lengthy, long-lasting”), equivalent to lang + -sam.
çekim: karşılaştırma langzamer · üstünlük langzaamst
zıt: vlug
köken: From Middle Dutch lancsam, lancsom, lancsaem, from Old Dutch *langsam, from Proto-West Germanic *langasam (“lengthy, long-lasting”). Equivalent to lang + -zaam.
aile: langzaam maar zeker, langzaamaan, langzamerhand, verlangzamen
çekim: karşılaştırma forsigtigere · üstünlük forsigtigst
köken: From Middle Low German vorsichtich.
aile: forsigtighed, uforsigtig
Etimoloji
Inherited from Old Armenian կամաց (kamacʻ), dative case of կամք (kamkʻ, “will, desire”). Thus, the word literally means “according to one’s desire, without compulsion”, from which the sense of “slowly” and others developed.