Where does “lonelily” come from?
lonelily (English) comes from English lonely, from English Lone, from English alone, from Middle English allone, from Middle English on, from Old English on, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an — on, onto.
lonelily (English): In a lonely manner
Definitions
- In a lonely manner
Ancestry of “lonelily”, step by step
lonelily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lonely
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lonely | Unhappy because of feeling isolated from contact... |
| 2 | English | Lone | Solitary; having no companion |
| 3 | English | alone | By oneself, solitary; Apart from, or exclusive... |
| 4 | Middle English | allone | alone |
| 5 | Middle English | on | on, in; on; Alternative form of oon |
| 6 | Old English | on | on, in, at, among; from |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |