own

Meaning

1. Belonging to; possessed; acquired; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one's name; under/using the name of. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.
2. Not shared.
3. (obsolete) Peculiar, domestic.
4. (obsolete) Not foreign.

possess

have

one’s own

belong to

associated with

in possession of

take possession of

endowed with

from home

related by blood

be endowed with

self’s

have possession

have a proprietary right

relating to one-self

possession of

master of

hold the ownesship

declare

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əʊn/

From Middle English owen, aȝen, from Old English āgen (“own, proper, peculiar”), originally the past participle of āgan; from Proto-West Germanic *aigan (“own”), from Proto-Germanic *aiganaz (“own”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- (“to have, possess”). Cognates Cognate with Scots ain (“own”), Saterland Frisian oain (“own”), Dutch, German and Norwegian Nynorsk eigen (“own”), Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish egen (“own”), Icelandic eigin (“own”). Originally past participle of the verb at hand in English owe. Also cognate with Sanskrit ईश्वर (īśvará, “able to do, capable of; owner, master”).