myEtymology.com: Portuguese etymology of vontade

Etymology of the Portuguese word vontade

the Portuguese word vontade

derived from 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-

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