Where does “wonted” come from?
Wonted comes from Middle English woonted, from Middle English wont, from Old English ġewunod, from Old English wuna, from Proto-Germanic wunô, from Proto-Indo-European wen-, from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁-.
wonted (English): Usual, customary, habitual, or accustomed
Definitions
- Usual, customary, habitual, or accustomed
Ancestry of “wonted”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | woonted | usual, customary |
| 2 | Middle English | wont | custom, habit, practice |
| 3 | Old English | ġewunod | — |
| 4 | Old English | ġewunian | to stand by (someone), support |
| 5 | Old English | ġē | ye |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |