different between noone vs noman

English

Etymology 1

From no +? one. Compare Middle English noone, noon, noan (“noone”). More at none.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??w?n/

Pronoun

noone

1. Nonstandard spelling of no one.

Usage notes

• Noone is formed in parallel to the formation of nobody, anyone, and everyone, but it is not preferred because of the doubled vowels creating a temptation to read and pronounce it as "noon" (/nu?n/).
• American users (COCA) prefer the spelling no one to either noone or no-one by more than 500 to 1.
• UK users (BNC) prefer no-one to noone 50 to 1 and no one to noone 12 to 1.

Etymology 2

From Middle English none, noune, from Old English n?n (“noon; the ninth hour”). Cognate with Dutch noen, Icelandic nón. More at noon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nu?n/

Noun

noone (plural noones)

1. Obsolete form of noon.

Further reading

• (noone*50), no one at Google Ngram Viewer

Asturian

Verb

noman

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of nomar

Middle English

Alternative forms

• no-man, no man, no mann, nomanne, no-manne, no manne, noe man, naman, namann, na man, nomon, no mon, no-mone, namon, na mon

Etymology

From no +? man.

Pronoun

noman (genitive nomannes)

1. Not any person; no one, nobody.

Antonyms

• animan

Derived terms

• Nomanneslond

Descendants

• English: noman

References

• “no-man, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 13 June 2018.