# won

Pronunciation: say "WUN" /wʌn/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of win. — simple past and past participle of win
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of win. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The senator won her seat after a tense recount._
   - _They have won every match this season._

## Noun

Pronunciation: US say "WAHN" /wɑn/; UK say "WON" /wɒn/

2. The basic unit of money used in Korea, divided into 100 jun in North Korea and 100 jeon in South Korea.
   - Simple: The money used in North Korea and South Korea.
   - _The won weakened against the dollar after the announcement._
   - _Tourists exchange their cash for won at the airport counter._

## Verb

3. To live or remain in a place; to dwell. *(obsolete)* (pronounced: US say "WUN" /wʌn/; UK say "WON" /wɒn/)
   - Simple: To live in or stay at a place.
4. To do something habitually, as a matter of long custom. *(obsolete)* (pronounced: US say "WUN" /wʌn/; UK say "WON" /wɒn/)
   - Simple: To be used to doing something as a habit.

## Origin

**Meaning 1** — "Won" is the past participle of "win," which comes from the Old English word "winnan."
**Meanings 3–4** — This sense comes from Old English "wunian," from Proto-Germanic "*wunāną," from the Proto-Indo-European root "*wenh₁-" ("to wish, love"). It is related to Dutch "wonen" and German "wohnen."
**Meaning 2** — This was borrowed from Korean "won" (원/圓), from Sinitic 圓/圆 ("circle," later "round coin"), referring to the piece of eight. It is a doublet of "yuan" and "yen."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/won (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).