Wanting
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Middle English: the noun from Old Norse vant, neuter of vanr ‘lacking’; the verb from Old Norse vanta ‘be lacking’. The original notion of ‘lack’ was early extended to ‘need’ and from this developed the sense ‘desire’.
wiktionary
From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, wantand, equivalent to want + -ing.
From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, equivalent to want + -ing.
etymonline
wanting (adj.)
early 14c., wantand, "deficient, lacking," present-participle adjective from want (v.). Modern spelling from 16c.
