There are several modal verbs in English language:
✅️May / Might
✅️Have to / Have got to
✅️Can / Could
✅️Must
✅️Need
✅️Should
✅️Be to
✅️Will
✅️Ought to
✅️Would
✅️Used to
✅️Dare
✅️Shall
☝️ The modals
can and
could are from Old English can(n) and cuþ, which were respectively present and preterite forms of the verb cunnan ("to be able"). The silent l in the spelling of
could results from analogy with
would and
should.
Similarly,
may and
might are from Old English mæg and meahte, respectively present and preterite forms of magan ("may, to be able");
Shall and
should are from sceal and sceolde, respectively present and preterite forms of sculan ("to owe, be obliged");
Will and
would are from wille and wolde, respectively present and preterite forms of willan ("to wish, want").
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