Where does “lonelyhearted” come from?
lonelyhearted (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.
lonelyhearted (English): Alternative form of lonely-hearted
Definitions
- Alternative form of lonely-hearted
Ancestry of “lonelyhearted”, step by step
lonelyhearted 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 |
via English hearted
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hearted | simple past tense and past participle of heart;... |
| 2 | Middle English | herted | Having a specified disposition, emotion, or... |
| 3 | Middle English | herte | The heart; One's inner self; the mind or... |
| 4 | Old English | heorte | heart |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hertā | heart |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hertô | heart |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱḗr | heart |