self-will
English
noun
Definitions
- The quality of being willful and ignoring opposition.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English self-wil inherited from Old English sylfwill inherited from Proto-Germanic *selbawiljô (self-will) prefix from English will (desire, wild, wandering, lost in error, stray).
Origin
English
will
Gloss
desire, wild, wandering, lost in error, stray
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
- bewill English
- goodwill English
- ill will English
- ill-willed English
- nill English
- outwill English
- unwill English
- welcome English
- wilful English
- will English
- will've English
- will-less English
- willable English
- willed English
- willer English
- willest English
- willeth English
- willless English
- willmaking English
- willn't English
- willnae English
- willpower English
- willy English
- wilsome English
- won't English
- *selbawiljô Proto-Germanic
- sylfwill Old English
- self-wil Middle English
- willen Middle English