won

won · verb¹

1. Old English · inherited fromwinnan
2. English todaywon

* Past participle of win, from Old English winnan.

won · verb²

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*wenh₁-“to wish, love”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wunāną
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*wunēn
4. Old English · inherited fromwunian
5. Middle English · inherited fromwonen
6. English todaywon

From Middle English wonen, from Old English wunian, from Proto-West Germanic *wunēn, from Proto-Germanic *wunāną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). Cognate with Dutch wonen, German wohnen.

won · noun³

1. Sinitic · derived from
2. Korean · borrowed from원(圓)
3. English todaywon

Borrowed from Korean 원(圓) (won), from Sinitic 圓 /圆 (“circle” > “round coin”) referring to the piece of eight. Doublet of yuan and yen.

Words from the same roots