Where does “volonté” come from?

volonté (French) comes 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 (French): wish, will

Definitions

  1. wish, will

Ancestry of “volonté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchvoluntédesire; wish; want
2Old Frenchvoluntédesire; wish; want
3Latinvoluntāswill, free will, choice
4Latinvellepresent active infinitive of volō; wish, intend;...
5Proto-Italicwelōto want, will
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₁-to choose; to want

Words derived from “volonté”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European welh₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic welō →Every word from Latin velle →