English

ill-willed

Ill-willed comes from Middle English illwillid.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from ill + will + -ed

Proto-Germanic *ilhilaz ‘evil, bad’

Old Norse íllr ‘evil, bad’

Middle English ille ‘evil’

English ill

Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- ‘to choose, wish’

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Proto-Germanic *wiljaną ‘to want’

Proto-West Germanic *willjan ‘to want’

Old English willan ‘to want’

Middle English willen ‘to want something’

English will

Every English word from Middle English illwillid

adj Showing ill will.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.