Italian word voluto comes from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-, Latin -ere, and later Proto-Italic *welō (To want.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *welh₁- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| -ere | Latin (lat) | |
| *welō | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | To want. |
| -ere | Italian (ita) | Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of many Italian verbs. |
| volo | Latin (lat) | I want. I wish. I mean, intend. |
| *voleo | Latin (lat) | |
| *volere | Vulgar Latin (la-vul) | |
| *volēre | Vulgar Latin (la-vul) | |
| *volere | Latin (lat) | (Vulgar Latin) or. |
| voloir | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | To want Desire; wish. |
| vouloir | French (fra) | (reflexive) to see oneself as; to give the impression of, to seem. (transitive) to want, wish, desire Will. |
| volere | Italian (ita) | (transitive) to want Will, wish, desire, want. |
| voluto | Italian (ita) | Deliberate, intentional. Wanted, desired. |