wroot

English

Alternative forms

• wrut, wrote, wroote

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”).

Verb

wroot (third-person singular simple present wroots, present participle wrooting, simple past wrooted, past participle wrooted or wroten)

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

Middle English

Verb

wroot

1. alternative form of wrot (“(I, you, he/she/it) wrote”)