Will
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Cognate with Dutch ''willen'', Low German ''willen'', German ''wollen'', Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk ''vilja'', Norwegian Bokmål ''ville'', Latin ''[[velle]]'' (“wish”, verb) and Albanian ''vel'' (“to satisfy, be stuffed”). | Cognate with Dutch ''willen'', Low German ''willen'', German ''wollen'', Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk ''vilja'', Norwegian Bokmål ''ville'', Latin ''[[velle]]'' (“wish”, verb) and Albanian ''vel'' (“to satisfy, be stuffed”). | ||
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- Will (philosophy), a philosophical concept.
- Free will, the trait that produces conscious choices and actions.
- The Will to Power, a book and concept by Nietzsche
- Will to live, a concept by Schopenhauer
Etymology
From Middle English willen, wullen, wollen, from Old English willan (“to want”), from Proto-West Germanic *willjan, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”).
Cognate with Dutch willen, Low German willen, German wollen, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk vilja, Norwegian Bokmål ville, Latin velle (“wish”, verb) and Albanian vel (“to satisfy, be stuffed”).
See also
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