Where does “wont” come from?

wont (Middle English) comes from Old English ġewunod, from Old English ġewunian, from Old English ġē, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

wont (Middle English): custom, habit, practice

Definitions

  1. custom, habit, practice

Ancestry of “wont”, step by step

wont traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ġewunod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġewunod—
2Old Englishġewunianto stand by (someone), support
3Old Englishġēye
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Middle English wōne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwōnecustom, habit
2Old Englishwunahabit, custom
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuŋaflower
4Proto-Austronesianbuŋaflower; blossom

Words derived from “wont”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →