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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread wrought #167362 04/06/2007 1:48 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 33 Eastern North Carolina, US CarlAdler newbie CarlAdler newbie Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 33 Eastern North Carolina, US How did "wrought" come to be a past tense of "work"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: wrought CarlAdler #167363 04/06/2007 2:53 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Hi, Carl! :-) wrought c.1250, from past participle of M.E. werken (see work). Online Etymology Dictionary Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: wrought Jackie #167366 04/06/2007 5:23 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 33 Eastern North Carolina, US CarlAdler newbie CarlAdler newbie Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 33 Eastern North Carolina, US Thanks. That appears to do it. Most greatful. Carl Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: wrought CarlAdler #167402 04/07/2007 3:00 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York this has also been discussed here below: http://wordsmith.org/board/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/167311 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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