Etymology

owner

own·er
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Today it means: One who owns something. Full definition →

Middle English ouner ← Old English āgnere
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromāgnere
  2. Middle English · inherited fromouner
  3. English todayowner

Inherited from Middle English ouner, from Old English āgnere. By surface analysis, own + -er, though etymologically own is a back-formation from owner.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.