"one who owns, one who has legal or rightful title," mid-14c., ouner, agent noun from own (v.). The Old English word was agnere.
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own v.
c. 1200, ounen, ahnen, "to possess, have; rule, be in command of, have authority over;" from Old English geagnian, from root agan "to have, to own" (see owe), and in part from the adjective own (q.v.). It became obsolete after c. 1300, but was revived early 17c., in part as a back-formation of owner (mid-14c.), which continued. From c. 1300 as "to acknowledge, concede, admit as a fact," said especially of things to one's disadvantage. To own up "make full confession" is from 1853. Related: Owned; owning.
co-owner n.
"one who owns (something) with another," 1836, from co- + owner. Related: Co-ownership.
own (v.)co-owner (n.)homeowner (n.)landowner (n.)ownerless (adj.)ownership (n.)