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English word want comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-, and later Proto-Germanic *wanatōną (To lack, to want.)
*h₁weh₂- (Proto-Indo-European)
*wanô (Proto-Germanic)
*wanatōną (Proto-Germanic)
To lack, to want.
vanta (Old Norse)
wanten (Middle English)
want (English)
(UK, mining) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.. (countable) A desire, wish, longing.. (countable, often, followed by of) Lack, absence.. (uncountable) Poverty.. Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt. (intransitive, dated) To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.. (intransitive, now, dated) To be [...]