Where does wanten come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

wanten

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"[…]Odsfleſh give me my awd Cloths againe; would I were a whome in my Frock, dreſſing of my Geldings; poore Tuts, they wanten me dearly, I warrant a."
"Yo'd'n better nod get up o' that giglin stool, athout yo' wanten' yore bwunz broke."
"We say'n beg when we wanten someb'dy to tak no notice of what we'n said."

From Middle English wanten, equivalent to want + -en.

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