How to spell disown

hear itdis·own/dɪs'oʊn/verbPrefixes and work

What it means: To reject or abandon.

In a sentence: The kitten felt sad when the cat seemed to disown her.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as dissown or disoune.

Same family: owner, ownership, owning, reown, disowned. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Disown” was formed in English from the prefix “dis-” plus “own,” literally meaning “to reverse or deny one’s ownership of something or someone.” It began to appear in English in the 17th century, often in legal or family contexts where someone publicly refused responsibility.

Patterns it uses: Prefixes keep every letter

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