Wanting
/ˈwɒn.tɪŋ/noun
Lacking or not having enough of something; also, in older usage, desiring or wishing for.
Did you know?The verb *want* ultimately comes from a Scandinavian word meaning “to be lacking,” so the word’s deepest history is about emptiness before it became desire.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*wanōjaną
“to make lack, to diminish”
Old Norse
ON
vanta
“to be lacking, to be wanting”
Middle English
ME
wanten
“to lack, be in need of; later also to desire”
Modern English
English
want
“to lack or desire”
Modern English
English
wanting
“lacking, deficient; or desiring”