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