ought
English
/ɔːt/, /ɔt/, /ɑt/
verb form
Definitions
- (obsolete)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English oughte inherited from Old English āhte, āgan (own, possess) suffix from English owe root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- (possession, ability, possess, own, have).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eyḱ-
Gloss
possession, ability, possess, own, have
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- oughtest English
- oughteth English
- oughtism English
- oughtn't English
- oughtn't've English
- oughtness English
- owe English
- ower English
- owest English
- oweth English
- *h₂eh₂óyḱe Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *aiganaz Proto-Germanic
- *aiganą Proto-Germanic
- *aigin Proto-Germanic
- *aigô Proto-Germanic
- *aihtiz Proto-Germanic
- *fra- Proto-Germanic
- agend Old English
- agenung Old English
- nagan Old English
- āgan Old English
- āhte Old English
- ईश Sanskrit
- ईश् Sanskrit
- ऐश्वर्य Sanskrit
- oughte Middle English
- owen Middle English
- eign Old Norse
- vrachten Middle Dutch
- *HiHćás Proto-Indo-Iranian