own
English
/ˈəʊn/, /ˈoʊn/, /ˈuŋ/
adj
Definitions
- Belonging to; possessed; proper to. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.
- Not shared
- (obsolete) Peculiar, domestic.
- (obsolete) Not foreign.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English owen derived from Old English āgen (peculiar, own, proper) derived from Proto-Germanic *aiganaz (own, possess) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- (possession, ability, possess, own, have), *h₂eyḱ- (possession, ability, possess, own, have).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eyḱ-
Gloss
possession, ability, possess, own, have
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- boatowner English
- co-own English
- co-owner English
- coalowner English
- dishowner English
- disown English
- disowner English
- disownment English
- eigen- English
- gunowner English
- herdowner English
- homeowner English
- houseowner English
- landowner English
- millowner English
- mineowner English
- misown English
- multi-owner English
- nonowner English
- owe English
- ownability English
- ownable English
- ownage English
- owndom English
- owner English
- owneress English
- ownerless English
- ownership English
- ownest English
- owneth English
- ownness English
- ownsome English
- rightsowner English
- shareowner English
- shipowner English
- shopowner English
- slaveowner English
- storeowner English
- unownable English
- Eigenart German
- Eigenbeschuss German
- Eigengrau German
- Eigenheit German
- Eigeninteresse German
- Eigenname German
- Eigennutz German
- Eigenschaft German
- Eigensinn German
- Eigentum German
- Eigenwert German
- Eigenwärme German
- aneignen German
- eigen German
- eigenartig German
- eigeninitiativ German
- eigenmächtig German
- eigensprachlich German
- eigensüchtig German
- eigenwillig German
- eignen German
- enteignen German
- unternehmenseigen German
- volkseigen German
- *h₂eh₂óyḱe Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *aiganaz Proto-Germanic
- *aiganą Proto-Germanic
- *aigin Proto-Germanic
- *aigô Proto-Germanic
- *aihtiz Proto-Germanic
- *fra- Proto-Germanic
- egen Swedish
- egenfunktion Swedish
- egennamn Swedish
- egenrum Swedish
- egenvektor Swedish
- egenvärde Swedish
- livegen Swedish
- oegennytta Swedish
- tillägna Swedish
- äga Swedish
- ägna Swedish
- オーナー Japanese
- eigen Norwegian Nynorsk
- eigenarta Norwegian Nynorsk
- eigenvektor Norwegian Nynorsk
- eigenverdi Norwegian Nynorsk
- særeigen Norwegian Nynorsk
- agenslaga Old English
- agenspræc Old English
- agnian Old English
- āgan Old English
- āgen Old English
- ईश Sanskrit
- ईश् Sanskrit
- ऐश्वर्य Sanskrit
- aȝen Middle English
- owen Middle English
- úinéir Irish
- eiginn Old Norse
- eign Old Norse
- eigna Old Norse
- almeneje Danish
- egentlig Danish
- eje Danish
- ejendel Danish
- ejestedord Danish
- ईश Hindi
- vrachten Middle Dutch
- eigan Old High German
- eigen Middle High German
- *aigan gmw-pro
- ēgen Middle Low German
- ēgentlik Middle Low German
- īsa Pali
- *HiHćás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *əsa Proto-Austronesian
- ain Scots
- nain Scots
- *HiHśás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- eigen Western Frisian
- eigenskip Western Frisian
- āin Old Frisian
- Oaindum Saterland Frisian
- oain Saterland Frisian
- eghæ Old Danish
- owe
- owner
- owndom
- ownage
- misown
- eigen-
- ownest
- owneth
- co-own
- disown
- ownable
- ownsome
- ownness
- owneress
- co-owner
- nonowner
- gunowner
- disowner
- unownable
- ownership
- homeowner
- coalowner
- ownerless
- millowner
- landowner
- herdowner
- shipowner
- boatowner
- dishowner
- shopowner
- mineowner
- slaveowner
- disownment
- shareowner
- storeowner
- ownability
- houseowner
- rightsowner
- multi-owner