Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*welh₁-
8 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-, most common first.
- willUsed to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
- wellAccurately, competently, satisfactorily.
- gallantBrave, valiant, courteous, especially with regard to male attitudes towards women.
- volitionA conscious choice or decision.
- waleA ridge or low barrier.
- voluptuaryOne whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a pleasure-seeker, a sensualist.
- well-nighAlmost, nearly.
- wilnTo wish; desire.