English

well-will

A caring or favorable attitude; a fondness or favor.

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    Origin

    From well + will.

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    • partEnglishwell “Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishwel “happy”
        • inheritedOld Englishwel “well, abundantly, very, very easily, very much, fully, quite, nearly”
        • inheritedOld Englishwǣl “weel, a deep pool, gulf, deep water of a stream or of the sea”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishwelle
        • inheritedOld Englishwielle “well”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishwellen
        • inheritedOld Englishweallan “to bubble, boil”
    • partEnglishwill “Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when u…”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishwillen
        • inheritedOld Englishwillan “to want”
        • inheritedOld Englishwillian “to will”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishwille
        • inheritedOld Englishwilla “mind, will, determination, purpose, desire, wish, request, joy, delight, pleasure”

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