βούλομαι

Etymology
According to Beekes and LIV, from (with no certain cognates), but with unexplained and pervasive o-grade in the present. The root may be identical to, via semantic shift "to throw" > "to throw (desires)" > "to want", but this is speculative.

Verb

 * 1)  to will, wish, be willing, want
 * 2)  to mean
 * 3)  to pretend, claim
 * 4)  to prefer