vouloir

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French word vouloir comes from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-, Proto-Indo-European *mno-, Latin -ere, and later Proto-Italic *welō (To want.)

*welh₁- (Proto-Indo-European)

*mno- (Proto-Indo-European)

-ere (Latin)

*welō (Proto-Italic)

To want.

velox (Latin)

Swift, quick, fleet, rapid, speedy.

*voleo (Latin)

*volere (Vulgar Latin)

*volēre (Vulgar Latin)

*volere (Latin)

(Vulgar Latin) or.

voleir (Old French)

(Anglo-Norman) (Anglo-Norman).

vouloir (French)

(reflexive) to see oneself as; to give the impression of, to seem. (transitive) to want, wish, desire Will.

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