English
wont
Wont comes from Middle English wont ‘accustomed, used to’, from Old English ġewunian ‘to stand by (someone), support’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wunāną ‘to remain, dwell, live, reside’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wunāną1‘to remain, dwell, live, reside’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*wunēn2‘to stay, to dwell, to live’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150wunian3‘to live somewhere’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150ġewunian4as ġewunod‘to stand by (someone), support’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500wont4‘accustomed, used to’
- Englishearliest quotation 1556wont4
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Proto-West Germanic *wunēn
- 2 Wiktionary, Old English wunian
- 3 Wiktionary, Old English gewunian
- 4 Wiktionary, English wont
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1556, Anthoni de Adamo Agostino Mainardi: “This is the ſuteltie of Satan, who vnder the…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wunānąWiktionary, Proto-West Germanic *wunēn‘to remain, dwell, live, reside’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*wunēnWiktionary, Old English wunian‘to stay, to dwell, to live’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150wunianWiktionary, Old English gewunian‘to live somewhere’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150ġewunianWiktionary, English wontas ġewunod‘to stand by (someone), support’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500wontWiktionary, English wont‘accustomed, used to’
- Englishearliest quotation 1556wontWiktionary, English wont. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1556, Anthoni de Adamo Agostino Mainardi: “This is the ſuteltie of Satan, who vnder the…”
Linked words
through Old English wunian ‘to live somewhere’
through Middle English wont ‘accustomed, used to’
Today it means
adj Accustomed or used (to or with a thing), accustomed or apt (to do something).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *wunāną / wont