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Where does “homeownership” come from?

Homeownership derives from English home and own, where own traces to Old French -er, Latin -are, and ultimately Latin -arius, an agent suffix forming nouns of occupation or relation.

homeownership (English): The state of being a homeowner

Definitions

  1. The state of being a homeowner

Ancestry of “homeownership”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhomeownerSomeone who owns a house; Someone who does not...
2EnglishownerOne who owns something; The captain of a ship
3English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
4Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
5Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
6Latin-āre—
7Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
8Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
11Chichewaiyehe, she
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