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Alone

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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This adjective or adverb requires no definition for its meaning of "by oneself" or "solitary"; but its etymological history, as simply a combination of the words "all" and "one" is rather curious (compare the Ger. allein). " Lone" is merely a clipped form of the word, and so "lonely." The New English Dictionary traces the English word back to the year 1300.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Alone'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​a/alone.html. 1910.
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