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How to spell own
Own is spelled O-W-N.
What it means: Belonging completely to a particular person.
In a sentence: I have my own colorful kite.
Same family: owner, ownership, owned, owning, property. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: “Own” comes from Old English “āgen,” meaning “possessed” or “belonging to oneself.” Over time it shifted from describing something as one’s ‘own’ (an adjective) to also meaning the act of having or possessing it (a verb).
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