Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*h₁weh₂-
6 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-, most common first.
- wantTo wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
- varietyA deviation or difference.
- waneA gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
- evanescentDisappearing, vanishing.
- wan-Preceding nouns and adjectives with the sense “bad”, “un-”.
- wanseTo wane; waste, waste away; pine; wither.