does 'wrote' come from the same root as 'wrought'? and other questions, possibly.

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if anyone else has similar etymology-related questions, that is. this one is bugging me, is all.

― tom west (thomp), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 09:09 (nineteen years ago)

That's a good question.

According to this site: http://www.etymonline.com/ it doesn't seem to.

I can think of at least a few other similar past tense cases: ride and rode, bide and bode, smite and smote.

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 11:37 (nineteen years ago)

wrought: c.1250, from past participle of M.E. werken (see work).

But it's hard to think of other cases like that -- buy and bought is the closest thing I can come up with.

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 11:39 (nineteen years ago)

Catch, caught.
Teach, taught.
Think, thought.

Etc.

Older forms of English were really into have that vowel change indicate tense.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 13:53 (nineteen years ago)

I thought this was a G Puzz thread, from the question phrasing.

― Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 20:35 (nineteen years ago)

Wrought/wright
Wrote/write

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 20 April 2006 09:16 (nineteen years ago)

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