wright

Etymology 1

From Middle English wrighte, wriȝte, wruhte, wurhte, from Old English wyrhta (“worker, maker”), from Proto-West Germanic *wurhtijō (as in *wurkijan), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”) (English work). Cognate with wrought, dated Dutch wrecht.

noun

  1. (obsolete except in compounds) A builder or maker of something.

Etymology 2

verb

  1. (dated) Misspelling of write.

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