wonted

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wenh₁-“to wish, love”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*wunô“custom, practice”
3. Old English · derived fromwuna“custom, habit, practice; usual, wonted”
4. Middle English · inherited fromwoonted“usual, customary”
5. English todaywonted

From Middle English woonted (“usual, customary”), from wont (“custom, habit, practice”), alteration of wone (“custom, habit, practice”), from Old English wuna (“custom, habit, practice; usual, wonted”), from Proto-Germanic *wunô (“custom, practice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). Cognate with Old Frisian wona, wuna (“custom”), Old High German giwona (“custom”). More at wont, wone.

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