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Where does “volitionally” come from?

volitionally (English) comes from English volitional, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل.

volitionally (English): Willingly or decidedly

Definitions

  1. Willingly or decidedly

Ancestry of “volitionally”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvolitionalOf or relating to the volition or will; Done by...
2English-ál—
3EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
4GermanAldehydaldehyde
5Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
6Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
7Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
8Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
9Akkadianguḫlum—

Words derived from “volitionally”

  • nonvolitionally
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