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- weal (n.1)[weal 词源字典]
- "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 etymology, weal origin, 英语词源]
- weal (n.2)
- "raised mark on skin," 1821, alteration of wale (q.v.).