wealful
English
adj
Definitions
- (dialectal) Successful; prosperous.
- (dialectal) Happy; joyful; felicitous.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English welful suffix from English weal (well-being).
Origin
English
weal
Gloss
well-being
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- commonweal English
- weal English
- weal-public English
- wealsman English
- wealth English
- wealy English
- wele Middle English
- welful Middle English