won

Etymology 1

* Past participle of win, from Old English winnan.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of win

Etymology 2

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

verb

  1. (archaic or obsolete, regional) To live, remain.
    I long'd to leave this wand'ring pilgrimage, / And in my native soil again to won. 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XII, xxxiii
  2. (archaic or obsolete, regional) To be accustomed to do something.

Etymology 3

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

noun

  1. The currency of Korea, worth 100 jun in North Korea and 100 jeon in South Korea.

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