owe

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

devoir

avoir une dette

devoir de l’argent

assumer

devoir quelque chose à quelqu’un

porter

prendre sur soi

avoir une ardoise

s'endetter

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/əʊ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).