English

part-own

/ˌpɑːtˈəʊn/
To share ownership of something.

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    Origin

    From part (adverb) + own (verb). First attested in 1802 in the Gazette of the United States.

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    • partEnglishpart “A fraction of a whole.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishparten
        • borrowedOld Frenchpartir “to divide, separate”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishpart
        • inheritedOld Englishpart “part”
    • partEnglishown “Belonging to; possessed; acquired and designated by; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one…”
      • derivedMiddle Englishoun
        • derivedOld Englishāgen “own, proper, peculiar”
        • derivedEnglishowe “To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.”
      • derivedEnglishowner “One who owns something.”
        • inheritedMiddle Englishouner

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