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wroot

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wroot
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Obsolete spelling of root (“to dig or burrow with the snout”)

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English wroten, from Old English wrōtan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrōtan, from Proto-Germanic *wrōtaną (“to dig, burrow, stir up”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to tear, rip, shred”).

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Inflected Forms

wroots (present, singular) wrooting (participle, present) wrooted (past) wrooted (participle, past) wroten (participle, past) wrut (alternative) wrote (alternative) wroote (alternative)

Questions

What does wroot mean?
Obsolete spelling of root (“to dig or burrow with the snout”)
Where does wroot come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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