Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Used before a vowel sound. · Used before /h/ in a stressed or unstressed syllable. · Used before one and words with initial ⟨u⟩, ⟨eu⟩ when pronounced /ju/. · Used before all consonants.
one
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-West Germanic *ain Old English ān Middle English an English an From Middle English an, from Old English ān (“a, an”, literally “one”). More at one.
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