wright

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination)

   A skilled wright repaired the wheel before dawn.

Simplified etymology

Wright means “maker” and is closely related to work. It is a common surname and also occurs in occupational words such as shipwright and wheelwright.

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

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