出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/05/04 18:10 UTC 版)
From Proto-Italic *welō, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, to want”). Cognate with Sanskrit वृणीते (vṛṇīté, “to choose, prefer”), 古期英語 willan (“to will, wish, desire”). More at will.
volō (present infinitive velle, perfect active voluī, future active participle volitūrus); irregular conjugation, suppletive, no passive, no supine stem except in the future active participle, no imperative, no gerund
The present infinitive velle, descends from the athematic infinitive form Proto-Italic *wel-zi (*-zi being the source of the usual infinitive ending -re as well). The second person singular present form vīs is suppletive, and belongs to the root Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to strive after, pursue”); the original form appears to be preserved as the conjunction vel (“or; and/or”), from *wels).
Old Latin.
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 *gʷélh₁-ye-ti (“to throw, raise the arm”). Alternatively, De Vaan suggests a possible reduplicated intensive pre-form *gʷe(l)-gʷolh₁-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.
volō (present infinitive volāre, perfect active volāvī, supine volātum); first conjugation, impersonal in the passive