one – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to one
Participle: oned
Gerund: oning

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of one

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	one
we	Let's one
you	one

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. PIE word
2. *h₁óynos
3. Etymology tree
4. Proto-Indo-European *ís?
5. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
6. Proto-Germanic *ainaz
7. Proto-West Germanic *ain
8. Old English ān
9. Middle English on
10. English one
11. From Middle English oon, on, oan, an, from Old English ān (“one”), from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“single, one”). Doublet of an.
12. Cognate with Scots ae, ane, wan, yin (“one”); North Frisian ån (“one”); Saterland Frisian aan (“one”); West Frisian ien (“one”); Dutch een, één (“one”); German Low German een; German ein, eins (“one”); Danish en (“one”); Swedish en (“one”); Norwegian Nynorsk ein (“one”), Icelandic einn (“one”); Latin ūnus (“one”) (Old Latin oinos); Russian оди́н (odín), Spanish uno. Doublet of a, an, and Uno. False cognate of Malayalam ഒന്ന് (onnŭ), Tamil ஒன்னு (oṉṉu), ஒண்ணு (oṇṇu), ஒன்று (oṉṟu).
13. The use as an indefinite personal pronoun may have been influenced by unrelated French on, although the Germanic languages widely use cognates for the same sense (usually in non-subject function, but also in subject function, e.g. Luxembourgish een).
14. Verb form from Middle English onen. See: Dutch 'een', Middle English 'onen'.

Verbs referencing "one"

Tamil ஒன்று.

Sample Sentences