wan't

Meaning

Verb

Origin

  • Misspelt by confusion with words formed with the enclitic n't.
  • Misspelt possibly by pronunciatory disanalogy with wonder–wander — whose first syllables are pronounced, respectively, and — the latter being closer to the pronunciation of won't: .

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