Wont

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Old English gewunod, past participle of wunian, ‘dwell, be accustomed’, of Germanic origin.


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Origin uncertain; apparently a conflation of wone(“ custom, habit, practice”) and wont ( participle adjective, below). Compare German Low German Gewohnte(“custom, habit”) and Dutch gewoonte. Likely related to wone, wonder, wean, and win, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁-(“to wish for, strive for, pursue; to succeed, win”); more there.

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From Middle English wont, iwoned, from Old English ġewunod, past participle of ġewunian. The verb is derived from the adjective.


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wont (adj.)

"accustomed," Middle English contraction of Old English wunod, past participle of wunian "to dwell, inhabit, exist; be accustomed, be used to," from Proto-Germanic *wunen "to be content, to rejoice" (source also of Old Saxon wunon, Old Frisian wonia "to dwell, remain, be used to," Old High German wonen, German wohnen "to dwell;" related to win (v.) and wean), from PIE root *wen- (1) "to desire, strive for." The original meaning of the Germanic verbs was "be content, rejoice."




wont (n.)

"habitual usage, custom," c. 1400, from wont, adjective and verb.