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good will (n.)
Old English
godes willan
"state of wishing well to another;" see
good
(adj.) +
will
(n.). Meaning "cheerful acquiescence" is from c. 1300. In the commercial sense "degree of favor enjoyed through patronage of customers" from 1570s.