wonted

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Usual, customary, habitual, or accustomed.

Pronunciation

/ˈwəʊntɪd/ /ˈwɔntɪd/ /ˈwɑntɪd/ /ˈwoʊntɪd/ Wonted.ogg

Word forms

wonted more wonted most wonted

Etymology

From Middle English woonted (“usual, customary”), from wont (“custom, habit, practice”), alteration of wone (“custom, habit, practice”), from Old English wuna (“custom, habit, practice; usual, wonted”), from Proto-Germanic *wunô (“custom, practice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). Cognate with Old Frisian wona, wuna (“custom”), Old High German giwona (“custom”). More at wont, wone.

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