owe

(Αγγλικός)

  1. (ditransitive) To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.
  2. (intransitive) To have debt; to be in debt.
  3. (transitive) To have as a cause; used with to.

Συχνότητα

A2
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/əʊ/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

In summary

From Middle English owen, from Old English āgan, from Proto-West Germanic *aigan (“to own”), from Proto-Germanic *aiganą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂óyḱe (“to possess, own”), reduplicated stative of *h₂eyḱ- (“to own”). See also own, ought. Cognate with Sanskrit ईष्टे (īṣṭe, “to own, possess”).

Related words

οφείλω

χρωστώ

χρεωστώ

χρωστό

xro’stao

χρωστάω

be in debt

be indebted

be due to

run into debt

be behind

be in arrears

be to

buy on credit

fill with terror

in arrears

in debt

obliged to

be obligated

be deficient

be beholden

frighten greatly

have a debt

owe a debt

be obliged

schuldig zijn

essere debitore

schuldig sein

in de schuld staan

avoir une dette

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