Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Wealth, riches. · Welfare, prosperity. · Boon, benefit. · Specifically, the general happiness of a community, country etc. (often with qualifying word).
From Middle English wele, from Old English wela (“wellness, welfare, prosperity, riches, well-being, wealth”), from Proto-West Germanic *welō, from Proto-Germanic *walô (“well-being, wellness, weal”). Cognate with German Wohl, Danish vel, Swedish väl.
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