- weal (n.1)
- "well-being," Old English wela "wealth," in late Old English also "welfare, well-being," from West Germanic *welon, from PIE root *wel- "to wish, will" (see will (v.)). Related to well (adv.).
- weal (n.2)
- "raised mark on skin," 1821, alteration of wale (q.v.).