myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of voluntas

Etymology of the Latin word voluntas

the Latin word voluntas (will, desire; purpose)

derived from the Classical Latin word velle (wish, want, prefer)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wel-

Albanian vullnet, French volition, Portuguese vontade, Spanish voluntad

Dutch wil, Dutch willen, English will, French volonté, French vouloir, German Wille, German wollen, Icelandic vilji, Icelandic vilja, Italian volere, Italian volontà, Lithuanian valia, Polish wola, Portuguese vontade, Provençal voluntat, Provençal voler, Russian вoля, Spanish voluntad, Swedish vilja, Yiddish velen, Yiddish vel