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Won

//wʌn// noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    not subject to defeat wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The currency of Korea, worth 100 jun in North Korea and 100 jeon in South Korea.
  2. 2
    the basic unit of money in North Korea wordnet
  3. 3
    the basic unit of money in South Korea wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of win form-of, participle, past
  2. 2
    To live, remain. archaic, obsolete, regional

    "I long'd to leave this wand'ring pilgrimage, / And in my native soil again to won."

  3. 3
    To be accustomed to do something. archaic, obsolete, regional

Etymology

Etymology 1

* Past participle of win, from Old English winnan.

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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

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