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wonted

The origin and history of wonted.

Etymology

Comes from Middle English woonted (“usual, customary”), from wont (“custom, habit, practice”), an alteration of wone (“custom, habit, practice”), from Old English wuna (“custom, habit, practice; usual, wonted”), from Proto-Germanic *wunô (“custom, practice”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). It is cognate with Old Frisian wona, wuna (“custom”) and Old High German giwona (“custom”). See also wont, wone.

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