Etymograph

English

nolunty

Nolunty comes from Latin nōluntās ‘unwillingness’, from volō ‘want’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*welh₁-1‘to choose, to want’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*welō1‘to want, will’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvolō2‘want’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōlō3‘to be unwilling, to not wish, to not want, to refuse’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōluntās4‘unwillingness’
  6. Englishtodaynolunty4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin volo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin nolo
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Latin noluntas
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English nolunty

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*welh₁-Wiktionary, Latin volo‘to choose, to want’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*welōWiktionary, Latin volo‘to want, will’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvolōWiktionary, Latin nolo‘want’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōlōWiktionary, Latin noluntas‘to be unwilling, to not wish, to not want, to refuse’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōluntāsWiktionary, English nolunty‘unwillingness’
  6. EnglishtodaynoluntyWiktionary, English nolunty

The story

Coined by Robert Fludd from Latin nōluntās.

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- ‘to choose, to want’

will, well, volunteer, benevolent, wale, malevolent, voluptuous, 10 more

through Latin volō ‘want’

volatile, voluntary, volition, malevolence, 9 more

Today it means

noun The negative aspect of God, encompassing darkness, cold, destruction, etc.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “nolunty”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin volo, Latin nolo, Latin noluntas. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- / nolunty

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