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weal (n.1)
"well-being," Old English
wela
"wealth," in late Old English also "welfare, well-being," from West Germanic
*welon-
, from PIE root
*wel-
(2) "to wish, will" (see
will
(v.)). Related to
well
(adv.).
weal (n.2)
"raised mark on skin," 1821, alteration of
wale
(q.v.).