poseer
/poseˈeɾ/ · B1 · verb
to possess, to own, to hold, to have
🔑 poseer = possess; both come from Latin possidere, to sit as master
Latin possidere joins potis (able, master) and sedere (to sit), so to own something is to sit on it as its master. Spanish smoothed it to poseer, while English kept the double s in possess. Related words: posesión = possession, poseedor = owner.