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euə- — To leave, abandon, give out, whence nominal derivatives meaning abandoned, lacking, empty. Oldest form *ə₁euə₂ , zero grade *ə₁uə₂ , with variant form *ə₁weə₂ , colored and contracted to *wā . 1. Suffixed form *wə no . a. wane; wanton, from Old… … Universalium
want — [12] Etymologically, to want something is to ‘lack’ it (a sense still intact in the noun want); ‘wishing to have’ is a secondary extension of this. The word was borrowed from Old Norse vanta ‘be lacking’. This in turn was descended from a… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
want — {{11}}want (n.) c.1300, deficiency, shortage, from O.N. vant, neut. of vanr wanting, deficient; related to O.E. wanian to diminish (see WANE (Cf. wane)). Phrase for want of is recorded from c.1400. Meaning state of destitution is recorded from… … Etymology dictionary
want — [12] Etymologically, to want something is to ‘lack’ it (a sense still intact in the noun want); ‘wishing to have’ is a secondary extension of this. The word was borrowed from Old Norse vanta ‘be lacking’. This in turn was descended from a… … Word origins
