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atone (v.)
1550s, from adv. phrase
atonen
(c.1300) "in accord," lit. "at one," a contraction of
at
and
one.
It retains the older pronunciation of
one.
The phrase perhaps is modeled on L.
adunare
"unite," from
ad-
"to, at" +
unum
"one."
