Ours
/aʊərz/noun
The possessive form of “we,” used to indicate something belongs to or is associated with us.
Did you know?English “ours” descends from Old English and ultimately the same ancient pronoun root that gave Latin forms like *nos* and many other Indo-European “we” words — proof that even possession starts with tribal identity.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*we-
“First-person plural pronoun root, “we, us.””
Old English
English
ūre
“Our; belonging to us.”
Middle English
English
oure
“Our; belonging to us.”
Modern English
English
ours
“Possessive pronoun meaning “that which belongs to us.””