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Where does “voluntariamente” come from?

voluntariamente (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Voluntário, from Latin voluntārius, from Latin voluntās, from Latin velle, from Proto-Italic welō, from Proto-Indo-European welh₁- — to choose; to want.

voluntariamente (Portuguese): voluntarily

Definitions

  1. voluntarily

Ancestry of “voluntariamente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseVoluntário—
2Latinvoluntārius—
3Latinvoluntās—
4Latinvellepresent active infinitive of volō; wish, intend;...
5Proto-Italicwelōto want, will
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₁-to choose; to want
Every word from Proto-Indo-European welh₁- →