Etymology

avolition

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Today it means: Lack of initiative or goals; one of the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. The person may wish to do something, but the desire is without power or energy. Full definition →

English volition ← French volition ← Medieval Latin volitiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Englisha-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*welh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-influ.
  8. Proto-Italic*welō
  9. Latinvolō
  10. Medieval Latinvolitiō
  11. Frenchvolition
  12. Englishvolition
  13. English todayavolition

From a- + volition.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.