From PIE *keh₂p- (to seize) — the same root as Latin 'capere,' making 'have' and 'capture' siblings: possession as successful seizure.
Possess, own, or hold; used as an auxiliary to form perfect tenses.
From Old English 'habban' (to have, to hold, to possess, to own), from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (to have, to hold, to lift), from PIE *keh₂p- (to grasp, to seize). The same root produced Latin 'capere' (to take, to seize), whence 'capture,' 'capable,' 'capacity,' 'accept,' 'receive,' 'recipe,' and 'concept.' The original meaning was active seizing, not