self-will

Meaning

Noun

• The quality of being willful and ignoring opposition.

Origin

• From Middle English self-wil, self-wille, from Old English sylfwill, selfwill, selfwille, from Proto-West Germanic *selbawilljō, from Proto-Germanic *selbawiljô ("self-will"), equivalent to self- + will. Cognate with Old High German selbwillo, selpwillo, Old Norse sjalfvili.