another
Meanings
det
- One more further, in addition to the quantity by then; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
- Not the same; different.
- Any or some other, similar in likeness or in effect, instead.
pron
- An additional one of the same kind.
- One that is different from the current one.
- One of a group of things of the same kind.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-West Germanic *ain Old English ān Middle English an Proto-Indo-European *h₂en Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros Proto-Germanic *anþeraz Proto-West Germanic *anþar Old English ōþer Middle English other Middle English another English another From Middle English another. By surface analysis, an + other.
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