wrong
Middle English
/wrɔnɡ/, /rɔnɡ/
noun
Definitions
- A wrong, injustice
- A (moral) wrong, evil, wrongdoing, sin
- injury, harm
- mistake, misstep
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wrang (wrong, twisted, uneven) derived from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz (twisted, crooked, turned awry).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wrangaz
Gloss
twisted, crooked, turned awry
Concept
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Cognates and derived terms
- alwrong English
- awrong English
- dirtybadwrong English
- unwrong English
- wrength English
- wrong English
- wrong-minded English
- wrongdo English
- wrongdoer English
- wrongdoing English
- wrongdom English
- wronger English
- wrongest English
- wrongfoot English
- wrongful English
- wronghead English
- wrongheaded English
- wrongish English
- wrongless English
- wrongly English
- wrongminded English
- wrongness English
- wrongous English
- wrongsome English
- wrongtake English
- wrongthink English
- *werk'- Proto-Indo-European
- *werḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wrangaz Proto-Germanic
- *wrengþu Old English
- wrang Old English
- wrength Middle English
- wrongful Middle English
- wrongfully Middle English
- rangr Old Norse
- *wrang Old Dutch
- wrength Scots