Voluntary Definition
- military volunteer
- volunteer
(obsolete) Voluntarily.
Other Word Forms of Voluntary
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Origin of Voluntary
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From Middle English *voluntarie, from Old French volontaire, from Latin voluntarius (“willing, of free will"), from voluntas (“will, choice, desire"), from volens, present participle of velle (“to will").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Latin voluntārius from voluntās choice from velle vol- to wish wel-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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