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Where does “ἑκών” come from?

ἑκών (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European weḱ- — to wish, to want.

ἑκών (Ancient Greek): willing

Definitions

  1. willing

Ancestry of “ἑκών”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanweḱ-to wish, to want
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