unwillingness

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Etymology tree English unwilling Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English unwillingness From unwilling + -ness.

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: неохо́та (neohóta) — property of being unwilling
• Czech: neochota — property of being unwilling
• Danish: uvilje — property of being unwilling
• Dutch: onwil — property of being unwilling
• Esperanto: malemo — property of being unwilling
• German: Unwilligkeit — property of being unwilling
• Irish: drogall — property of being unwilling
• Irish: leisce — property of being unwilling
• Italian: riluttanza — property of being unwilling
• Northern Kurdish: bêdilî — property of being unwilling
• Latin: nōluntās — property of being unwilling
• Manx: neuaigney — property of being unwilling
• Manx: neuarryltys — property of being unwilling
• Manx: neuwooiys — property of being unwilling
• Russian: нежела́ние (neželánije) — property of being unwilling
• Russian: неохо́та (neoxóta) — property of being unwilling
• Spanish: mala gana — property of being unwilling
• Swedish: ovilja — property of being unwilling
• Turkish: gönülsüzlük — property of being unwilling