myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of voluntad

Etymology of the Spanish word voluntad

the Spanish word voluntad

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, Portuguese vontade, Provençal voluntat, Provençal voler, Russian вoля, Swedish vilja, Yiddish velen, Yiddish vel