# weal

> English word · Noun · IPA /wiːl/ · frequency rank #77,334

## Definitions
1. Wealth, riches.
2. Welfare, prosperity.
3. Boon, benefit.
4. Specifically, the general happiness of a community, country etc. (often with qualifying word).

## Etymology
From Middle English wele, from Old English wela (“wellness, welfare, prosperity, riches, well-being, wealth”), from Proto-West Germanic *welō, from Proto-Germanic *walô (“well-being, wellness, weal”). Cognate with German Wohl, Danish vel, Swedish väl.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/weal