Where does “ロンリー” come from?
ロンリー (Japanese) 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.
ロンリー (Japanese): lonely
Ancestry of “ロンリー”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | lonely | Unhappy because of feeling isolated from contact... |
| 2 | English | Lone | — |
| 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 |