Etymology

well-willing

Today it means: Wishing well; well-inclined; favourable; friendly; propitious. Full definition →

Middle English welewillynge ← Old English welwillende
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromwelwillende“well-wishing, benevolent, kindly, good”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromwelewillynge
  3. English todaywell-willing

From Middle English welewillynge, welwillende, from Old English welwillende (“well-wishing, benevolent, kindly, good”), equivalent to well + willing.

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