Where does “volunté” come from?

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

volunté (Middle French): desire; wish; want

Definitions

  1. desire; wish; want

Ancestry of “volunté”, step by step

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

Words derived from “volunté”

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