English
one's
One's (possessive) comes from Middle English ones, equivalent to one + 's.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ones‘one's’
- Englishtodayone's
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ones‘one's’
- Englishtodayone's
Formed from one + -'s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos ‘single’
Proto-Germanic *ainaz ‘one’
Proto-West Germanic *ain ‘one’
Old English ān ‘one’
Middle English oon
English one
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos ‘one’
union, unique, universal, unite, null, uno, triune, 21 more
through Proto-Germanic *ainaz ‘one’
no, any, only, none, eleventh, 3 more
through Old English ān ‘one’
through Middle English on
Today it means
det Belonging to one.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English ones / one's