Yep! Surprising but true!
Alone is first attested as Middle English allone, and earlier as two words, all oon.
Lone comes from a later shortening of alone (Apheresis is the technical term).
Alone and one don’t rhyme anymore because of the irregular change from /oːn/ to /wʊn/ in Late Middle to Early Modern English. See also only, which comes from one + -ly.
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