Where does “voulenté” come from?

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

voulenté (Norman): desire, wish

Definitions

  1. desire, wish

Ancestry of “voulenté”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European welh₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic welō →Every word from Latin velle →