Another
/əˈnʌðər/noun
One more; an additional person or thing.
Did you know?“Another” developed from Old English phrases meaning “an other,” and its shape was later smoothed by speakers into a single word—proof that everyday English often hides its own linguistic seams.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*al-
“to grow, nourish; also the source of the comparative idea behind “other” through later Germanic development”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*anþeraz
“the other, second of two”
Old English
English
ān oþer
“one other, an additional one”
Middle English
English
an other
“an additional person or thing, often written as two words”
Modern English
English
another
“one more; an additional person or thing”