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Where does “wrongous” come from?

wrongous (Middle English) comes from Old English wrangwīs — wrongous, rough, uneven.

Ancestry of “wrongous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwrangwīswrongous, rough, uneven

Words derived from “wrongous”

  • wrongous
  • wrongously
  • wrongeous
  • wrongeously
Every word from Old English wrangwīs →