own

¹own

adj \ˈōn\

Definition of OWN

1

: belonging to oneself or itself —usually used following a possessive case or possessive adjective <cooked my own dinner>

2

—used to express immediate or direct kinship <an own son> <an own sister>

Origin of OWN

Middle English owen, from Old English āgen; akin to Old High German eigan own, Old Norse eiginn, Old English āgan to possess — more at owe

First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with OWN

blown, bone, clone, cone, crone, drone, flown, groan, grown, hone, known, loan, lone, moan, Mon, none, phone, pone, prone, Rhône, roan, Saône, scone, sone, stone, throne, tone, zone