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· Proto-Germanic
*wiljô
3 English words descend from Proto-Germanic
*wiljô
, most common first.
will
Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
William
radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter W.
wiln
To wish; desire.