The story
- German · calque ofEigentum“property”
- English todayowndom
From own + -dom, a calque of German Eigentum (“property”), from eigen (“own”) + -tum (“-dom”). Compare Saterland Frisian Oaindum (“property, possession”), Dutch eigendom, West Frisian eigendom.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.