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wrack

/ˈɹæk/RAK
/ˈɹæk/RAK

Meaningwreckage

Common meaning: seaweed washed ashore

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishwrec‘impious’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsimpious → wreckagewrak‘wreckage’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftswreckage → seaweed washed ashorewrack‘seaweed washed ashore’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English wrec ‘wreckage’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry WRACK, p. 720 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • wrec Old English “driftage, expulsion”

Related words

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