wont

(Inglese)

Frequenza

C1
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/wəʊnt/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

From Old English gewunod, past participle of ġewunian (“to be accustomed to, dwell”), possibly as a conflation of wone (“custom, habit, practice”) and wont (participle adjective, below). Compare German Low German Gewohnte (“custom, habit”), Dutch gewoonte, Swedish van. Likely related to wone, wonder, wean, and win.

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