Etymology

loner

lon·er
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Today it means: One who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others. Full definition →

English lone ← Middle English allone ← Old English eall ān
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂elnós
  3. Proto-Germanic*allaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*all
  5. Old Englisheall
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  8. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*ain
  10. Old Englishān
  11. Old Englisheall ān
  12. Middle Englishall oon
  13. Middle Englishallone
  14. Englishalone
  15. Englishlone
  16. English todayloner

From lone + -er.

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