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want

/ˈwɒnt/WONT
/ˈwɑnt/WAHNT

Meaninglacking

Common meaning: a lack

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√WA‘fail, lack, be wanting’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 332, p. 742 · scan
  2. Old Norse (Icelandic)vant‘lacking’source
  3. Middle Englishwantsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftslacking → a lackwant‘a lack’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old Norse (Icelandic) vant ‘lacking’.

Roots

  • vant Old Norse (Icelandic) “lacking”

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