ville
Pronunciation: /vilə/
“ville” is a Danish word. Its 3 meanings in English:
verb
- to want to, be willing to
- shall, will (with the infinitive, expresses future tense)
- should, would (with the infinitive, expresses conditional mood)
Etymology
From Old Danish wiliæ, willæ, from Old Norse vilja, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, cognate with English will, German wollen. The Germanic verbs goes back to Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-, which is also the source of Latin volō.
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