willing
English
/ˈwɪlɪŋ/
adj
Definitions
- Ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English willende, willung.
Origin
Old English
willung
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ill English
- ill-willing English
- overwilling English
- unwilling English
- unwillingly English
- unwillingness English
- well English
- well-willing English
- willingly English
- willingness English
- willende Old English
- willung Old English
- *il-willynge Middle English
- welewillynge Middle English
- willyngly Middle English