Where does “volonté” come from?

volonté (Antillean Creole) comes from French volonté, from Middle French volunté, from Old French volunté, from Latin voluntās, from Latin velle, from Proto-Italic welō, from Proto-Indo-European welh₁- — to choose; to want.

volonté (Antillean Creole): will

Definitions

  1. will

Ancestry of “volonté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvolontéwish, will
2Middle Frenchvoluntédesire; wish; want
3Old Frenchvoluntédesire; wish; want
4Latinvoluntāswill, free will, choice
5Latinvellepresent active infinitive of volō; wish, intend;...
6Proto-Italicwelōto want, will
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₁-to choose; to want
Every word from Proto-Indo-European welh₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic welō →Every word from Latin velle →