wright
See also: Wright
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English wrighte, wriȝte, wruhte, wurhte, from Old English wyrhta (“worker; wright; workman; artificer; laborer; craftsman”), from Proto-Germanic *wurhtijô (as in *wurkijaną), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”) (English work). Cognate with wrought, dated Dutch wrecht.
Derived terms
Translations
(obsolete) a builder or creator of something
Etymology 2
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