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own

Old English

own, possess, acknowledge

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From Old English āgen (one's own), related to āgan (to possess). A native English root, not Latin or Greek. The family is compact but fundamental: own (possess), owner, ownership, and disown (reject possession). One of the few common roots that bypassed the Norman French overlay entirely.

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own

to possess; belonging to oneself

owner

A person who legally possesses something

ownership

The legal right to possess and control something

disown

To refuse to acknowledge or renounce a connection with someone