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alone (adj., adv.)
c. 1300 contraction of
all ane
, from Old English
all ana
"unaccompanied, all by oneself," from
all
"all, wholly" (see
all
) +
an
"one" (see
one
). Similar compounds are found in German (
allein
) and Dutch (
alleen
).
