wont

wont · noun¹

1. Old English · inherited fromġewunod
2. Middle English · inherited fromwont
3. English todaywont

From Middle English wont, from Old English ġewunod, past participle of ġewunian (“to be accustomed to, dwell”), the noun sense possibly arising via conflation of wone (“custom, habit, practice”) and the adjective wont. Compare German Low German Gewohnte (“custom, habit”), Dutch gewoonte, Swedish van. Likely related to wone, wonder, wean, and win.

wont · adjective²

1. Old English · inherited fromġewunod
2. Middle English · inherited fromwont
3. English todaywont

From Middle English wont, iwoned, from Old English ġewunod, past participle of ġewunian. Cognate with German gewohnt and Dutch gewend.

wont · verb³

1. Middle English · inherited fromwonten“to accustom”
2. English todaywont

From Middle English wonten (“to accustom”), from wont (adjective). See above.

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