English
aloose
From a- + loose.
Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’
Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’
Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’
English a-
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- ‘to cut, untie, loosen’
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Proto-Germanic *leusaną ‘to lose’
Proto-Germanic *lausaz ‘loose’
Old Norse lauss ‘loose, free’
Middle English loos ‘loose, free’
English loose
Today it means
adv Free from restraints.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / aloose