vol
to wish, want
Latin · velle / voluntas
Vol words are about wanting and choosing. Something voluntary comes from your own wish, while benevolent and malevolent describe someone who wishes good or ill.
Memory trick
Vol sounds like volunteer: you choose it because you wish to.
Words from this root
- voluntary (volunt + ary) — done by free choiceस्वैच्छिक
- involuntary (in + volunt + ary) — done without choosingअनैच्छिक
- volition (vol + ition) — the power to chooseइच्छा-शक्ति
- volitional (volition + al) — of free willइच्छा से किया गया
- volitionally (volitional + ly) — by an act of willअपनी मर्ज़ी से
- volitive (vol + itive) — of the willइच्छा संबंधी
- benevolence (bene + vol + ence) — wishing good to othersपरोपकार, भलाई की भावना
- malevolent (mal + vol + ent) — wishing harm to othersद्वेषी, बुरा चाहने वाला
- malevolently (malevolent + ly) — in a harmful wayद्वेष भाव से