voler
Catalan
verb
Definitions
- to want
- to merit
Etymology
Inherited from Old Occitan voler inherited from Latin *volēre, volō, velle, volo inherited from Proto-Italic *welō derived from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (choose, wish, want, desire).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*welh₁-
Gloss
choose, wish, want, desire
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
欲
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- benevolence English
- malevolence English
- voluptuous English
- *volēre Latin
- benevolens Latin
- benevolēns Latin
- malevolens Latin
- malevolentem, malevolēns Latin
- velle Latin
- volo Latin
- voluntārius Latin
- voluntāriē Latin
- voluntās Latin
- voluntātem Latin
- volō Latin
- volō, velle, volo Latin
- volere Italian
- voluptuaire French
- ἔλδομαι Ancient Greek
- *-tis Proto-Indo-European
- *welh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *welh₁p- Proto-Indo-European
- *werh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *wal- Proto-Germanic
- *waljaną Proto-Germanic
- *walą Proto-Germanic
- *wela Proto-Germanic
- *wiljaną Proto-Germanic
- *wiljô Proto-Germanic
- वर्णमाला Sanskrit
- *velěti Proto-Slavic
- *velě̀ti Proto-Slavic
- *voľa Proto-Slavic
- voleir Old French
- voloir Old French
- वर्णांध Hindi
- vrea Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- wolde Middle Dutch
- *wāletiyā Proto-Celtic
- *Hwáriṣṭʰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *wr̥náwti Proto-Indo-Iranian
- vreari Aromanian
- voler Occitan
- *welō Proto-Italic
- vulair Romansh
- vuleir Romansh
- vuler Romansh
- volê Friulian
- *gail Frankish
- voler Old Occitan
- vuliri Sicilian
- oler Venetian
- vołer Venetian
- *wáljāˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- voéi Ligurian
- véuggia Ligurian
- vular Dalmatian
- *warH-, *wār- Proto-Iranian
- volei Ladin
- bòlere Sardinian
- vulè Neapolitan
- vulè Corsican
- volêr Franco-Provençal
- voulair Gallo
- vorej Piedmontese