volo.
volunteers (pl.); (in the Second Punic War);
Meaning & usage
to wish, to please
Tibi bene ex animō volō.
Hanc rem pūblicam salvam esse volumus.
to want
Quid vīs?
to mean, to intend
to be willing, to consent
to be going to, to intend, to be about to, to be on the point of
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Italic *welō, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, to want”). Cognate with Sanskrit वृणीते (vṛṇīté, “to choose, prefer”), Old English willan (“to will, wish, desire”). More at will.
to fly
Verba volant, scrīpta manent.
Where this word comes from
Ultimately from the root *gʷelH- (“to throw”). De Vaan suggests that the term may derive from Proto-Italic *gʷelāō, itself perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʷél-ye-ti (“to throw, raise the arm”). Alternatively, De Vaan suggests a possible reduplicated intensive pre-form *gʷe(l)-gʷol-ye/o. According to De Vaan, the sense of “to lift the arm” may have shifted to “to fly” on the basis of the flight mechanisms of birds.
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