Etymology

Wilmer

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Today it means: A male given name. Full definition →

Old English willa ← Proto-Germanic *Wiljamērijaz
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*Wiljamērijaz
  2. Old English · inherited fromwilla“mind, will, determination, purpose, desire, wish”
  3. English todayWilmer

From Old English willa (“mind, will, determination, purpose, desire, wish”) + mǣre (“famous”), from Proto-Germanic *Wiljamērijaz, from *wiljô + *mērijaz.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwilla all →

will

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